I'll check it out when I'm not on my school computer (it's "restricted"). I know this is a writing platform but I appreciate the music references too - I'm a huge music-lover and musician. If anyone want to discuss song recommendations/artists, I'd be open to expanding!! I like AJR, Shawn Mendes, and Kayko.
I'm not a freshman yet, but I try to expand genres. Dystopian, fantasy, realistic fiction - write about stuff you don't usually write about! Entering contests is also a great idea - and YWP helps a ton as well. You can also look back on some of your older books that you gave up on and revise them if you're looking for ideas. Other than that, I agree that submitting to a school magazine or newspaper is a great idea. Good luck!
Keep reading!! They have some plot holes but overall they're really good. My favorite book is probably Nightfall - but we'll see once Book 9.5 comes out!!
SO valid. I went through so many drafts and topics and fully restarted several different times. I'd say to remember that you're already a good writer and you enjoy it! Try not to think about what is expected of you and just write about your passion or explaining your art first. You can always balance it more later or make it sound more "academic", but it's important not to loose your unique writing voice. Readers will know when you're being genuine and since you are so creative I'd lean into and preserve that part, don't doubt your creativity!! The academic things you can put in after and your college app can talk about that more too.
I'd suggest taking a step back and allowing yourself to brain dump/word vomit ideas about your topic and at least when I was going through this I was told to write about something that they couldn't see on my application. That helped me, becuase there wasn't a right or wrong answer, and I could make it more like a story. Also take a break from it for a few days and come back to it. Or treat it like a YWP prompt so its not as stressful to think about! You can then thread those writings all together into your actual essay.
Also what stressed me out most was thinking about writing it. It's better to get a rough draft out of the way, give yourself patience, kindness and grace and then draft again. Above all else, have confidence in your writing ability!
I love the meter of this and I got apprehensive just reading the first few lines, I felt the suspense and the want of this character immediately. I want a part two, what happenes! Keep writing :)
Oo wow, I can see the fuzziness of the miniature hairs along the edges of the leaves! This photo does exactly what you were hoping for, I think: show us the beauty of the flowers from an alternative perspective.
Good to know! The one bad thing so far is that I can't put one down once I started.
I'll check it out when I'm not on my school computer (it's "restricted"). I know this is a writing platform but I appreciate the music references too - I'm a huge music-lover and musician. If anyone want to discuss song recommendations/artists, I'd be open to expanding!! I like AJR, Shawn Mendes, and Kayko.
Yay! I'd be open to reading it as well. Sounds cool!
I'm not a freshman yet, but I try to expand genres. Dystopian, fantasy, realistic fiction - write about stuff you don't usually write about! Entering contests is also a great idea - and YWP helps a ton as well. You can also look back on some of your older books that you gave up on and revise them if you're looking for ideas. Other than that, I agree that submitting to a school magazine or newspaper is a great idea. Good luck!
Keep reading!! They have some plot holes but overall they're really good. My favorite book is probably Nightfall - but we'll see once Book 9.5 comes out!!
SO valid. I went through so many drafts and topics and fully restarted several different times. I'd say to remember that you're already a good writer and you enjoy it! Try not to think about what is expected of you and just write about your passion or explaining your art first. You can always balance it more later or make it sound more "academic", but it's important not to loose your unique writing voice. Readers will know when you're being genuine and since you are so creative I'd lean into and preserve that part, don't doubt your creativity!! The academic things you can put in after and your college app can talk about that more too.
I'd suggest taking a step back and allowing yourself to brain dump/word vomit ideas about your topic and at least when I was going through this I was told to write about something that they couldn't see on my application. That helped me, becuase there wasn't a right or wrong answer, and I could make it more like a story. Also take a break from it for a few days and come back to it. Or treat it like a YWP prompt so its not as stressful to think about! You can then thread those writings all together into your actual essay.
Also what stressed me out most was thinking about writing it. It's better to get a rough draft out of the way, give yourself patience, kindness and grace and then draft again. Above all else, have confidence in your writing ability!
My friends and I really like those books. (I'm only on six though.)
I love the meter of this and I got apprehensive just reading the first few lines, I felt the suspense and the want of this character immediately. I want a part two, what happenes! Keep writing :)
Oo wow, I can see the fuzziness of the miniature hairs along the edges of the leaves! This photo does exactly what you were hoping for, I think: show us the beauty of the flowers from an alternative perspective.
Thanks! Yeah, I thought so too. Every summer I make more bracelets like this one - I have a whole pile of forgotten ones somewhere!