Though She Be But Little…

I was not a good writer. I didn't enjoy reading. Words were confusing and I did my best to avoid them. Until I met my sophomore english teacher Mrs. Collins. Mrs. Collins is the type of woman that immature, arrogant teenagers take one look at and think, "Oh, this is going to be fun" with …

Dreaming of Many Moons

Elaborate dreams are something that God has blessed me with since I was a very little girl. I can distinctly recall dreams I've had of flying through orchards and being able to smell and taste the fruit that I picked fresh from a strangely healthy tree. There has also been times where I can control …

Sharing My Work

I've never been the type of writer that writes something and then immediately wants everyone and their mother to look it over. I've always known that it is an important part of the writing process to have other people read my work and give me feedback, but it has been such a stressful thing to …

My Rhetorical Analysis Writing Process

Going into this paper was a little difficult for me because when I'm given a choice on what to write about I freeze up. So it was by going to Google and typing "good short stories" into the search bar that I came upon Regret by Kate Chopin and chose to do my rhetorical analysis on that. …

Packing as an Art Form

I've been packing and unpacking duffel bags and suitcases since I turned twelve years old. When my parents first decided to send their kids to a different school, they didn't have the money to buy a house which would be needed for it to be legal for my brother and I  attend a school in a …

Hai Noroc Romania!

This summer I had the pleasure of traveling to one of the most beautiful countries in the world to serve it's people and love on it's next generation. Romania is such a quiet, little, overlooked nation on this earth that most don't even remember that it really does exist. While preparing and fundraising for the trip, my team …

What defines success?

Everyone has a different opinion on how to define success in the writing wold. For some success could depend on whether their work was published, how many copies they sold, or time span of their work being at the top of the charts. Others rate success with how many people it touched, how many likes it got on the internet, …

A Community in Need of Prayer

The first week of college was rough. The work was already unlike anything I'd seen before and the days were long, but what made it so much tougher than it should have been was the loss of a person who my community held dearly. I learned last Tuesday morning via Facebook post that my loving …

Writing for the Writer or for the Reader?

Starting off a story in the middle of where it actually began and acting like your readers already know what's going on, that's something I've seen a lot of writers do. Others start off trying to explain every little detail to the audience so that they can easily understand the situation and be more involved. …

Response To Laughlin

Within the first paragraph of Mrs. Laughlin's "How Blogging Taught Me to Be a Writer" I felt incredibly encouraged. There have been  times in my life that I've wanted to start a blog on a subject that continues to rattle around in my brain for months on end, but I always denied myself the pleasure …