Creative nonfiction

What Makes a Good Writer? Every day people are surrounded by works of literature whether its fiction, nonfiction, a short story or even a poem. Literature has been integrated into our daily lives. One lives in a world where writing is second nature; a child is often taught how to write at the age of six, and continues to further his/her writing as the year’s progress. However, according to Anne Bernays “people can’t be taught how to write, they either have it or they don’t.” In order to become…

As individuals that are rather fond of the concept of perfection, we tend to minimize the fact that it is simply a concept and maximize its actuality. As a result of this fault, we expect for things that require multiple tries to come out as perfect and the outcome often leads to disappointment. A great example of this would be the writing process--most people believe that great writing is the result of one being gifted. That a person can just wake up one evening and write their best work…

It was a quiet, peaceful night. Five family members were happily sleeping. A little girl, around three or four, had a very strange dream about a robot lizard. It involved her dog, her brother and baby sister, and of course, a mechanical lizard. The next morning, as soon as the little girl got up, she wrote down what she remembered of the dream, and titled the printer-paper booklet 'Rodot Lizard '. This would be her first of many small, sloppy stories. If you look back at that story, it seems…

15 Things You Should Know Before Hiring a Freelance Writer Hiring a freelance writer doesn’t have to be a daunting task if you are well prepared, but that alone isn’t enough if you intend to have a truly successful relationship with your writers. It’s important to have writers on the same page as you, likewise, it’s equally important for the the client to be on the same page as the writer. Writers deal with a host of issues, and the more you understand their perspective, the easier it will be…

entered this course i expected it to be as hard as a college class. What i did find out was that it was much more streamlined and functioned as a class on how to manage your time and deal with big projects. I was really efficient in writing and being creative in my papers but not so much when it came to research papers. We mostly wrote research papers in this class so instead of using my strength in creativity i mostly had to do research and be genuinely interested in the topic i chose. I was…

Writing has always been a part of my life that I have both fond and not so good memories about it. Starting in the early years of elementary school, I can remember teachers emphasizing us to be creative in our writings so that they would stand out from the others in the classroom. Some people may think that writing is just to get through an assignment and on to the next one; however, it has always had a way of enveloping me into the writing process since high school. Throughout my English…

I have always loved writing because it was a way to express myself without having to talk to other people about my thoughts and feelings. I’m fairly certain that my love for writing really started in the 6th grade, which was one of the worst years of my life. That was the year I was severely bullied by girls who were higher up on the popularity totem pole than myself. They played sports and all the teachers loved them, so a lot of them looked past what they said about me in class. It got to the…

I have never been the strongest writer out of my peers, but I also have not been the weakest. I am weak in parts of my writing such as grammar, spelling and sentence construction. I am strong in other parts such as getting my ideas out there and getting written down. Reading was a way to get away from all the tragic events in my life; writing had helped me do the same. Though, I was not the best writer, it had taken me to a place that I could finally feel at peace. Usually, I am a closed off…

Creative Writing became more of a challenging course then I expected. Throughout the writing process I found it difficult to write things which could be more relatable. My goal was to write each piece with some type of relatable aspect for someone else. I found this difficult because, the direction each piece of writing took, was different from what my thoughts were. I would have created writings which were more of a fantasy world, however, I did want the story to be believable for people who…

lightning-struck tree that is still alive, and then compose a poem about it. I might be reading or watching a movie when a particular phrase jumps off the page at me, and I know I must write this down just to fully realize its implications. Some of my more creative ideas come from normal conversation or even dreams, such as “What would happen if a grown man woke up in the woods with no memory of his life ? What would be his first impressions of the world ? How would he survive ? Usually any one…