Writing
Explore the writing of the Bay.
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Inside the lines
If we cherish volition, why do we eradicate it in classrooms? Taught to learn the same things. Taught to color in the lines. Taught to
Hidden Pressure
I used to believe I could outpace expectations. Maybe if I were careful enough, quiet enough, perfect enough, the world might offer me
A Letter To My Depression
Author’s Summary: My poem, “A Letter To My Depression,” talks about how the lure of numbness makes depression so easy to fall into, but in the end, it’s “feeling” that makes us whole.
Why fanfiction is one of the best bridges for developing writers
Ask yourself this — if someone told you they wrote fanfiction, and you knew nothing else about the person, what kinds of stories would you
Observation Burning Haibun
Author’s Summary: A haibun is a literary form combining prose with poetic language and a final haiku. Burning haibuns take the initial haibun and “burn” it through a few rounds of erasure until it becomes the final haiku. I wrote this for an assignment at a summer program I attended.
Shot on Sight
Author’s Summary: This is a slam poem I wrote my Freshman year. I actually got to perform it at my schools Poetry Slam where I won third place!
In the Morning
Author’s Summary: This was a flash fiction story I wrote during my Sophomore year English class. I had just read the book “In Memoriam” by Alice Winn (which you should totally read if you’re into queer historical romance) and the descriptions of WWI were knocking around in my head. We had also been learning about the world wars in my history class that year and so this short story was born!