Blue eyes, grey skies, red lights, and black nights. Colours are always surrounding us, in life, nature, and fiction. And they have become very cliché over the years and centuries in which they’ve been used to describe appearances of people, the world, and everything in between. They’ve also been used as symbols and pathetic fallacies,ContinueContinue reading “Writing: Breaking Colour Clichés”
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Someone Who Inspires Me
I’ve spent a good deal of time thinking about how to answer this one, especially since I have so many amazing people in my life that bring wisdom, fun, and encouragement, as well as many people I’ve never met or met in passing that have highly impacted my life. But I realised that I wantContinueContinue reading “Someone Who Inspires Me”
Anxiety and Abuse
Not many people are aware of this, but last year I found myself in a mentally abusive relationship. Healthy Place defines mental abuse as “any act including confinement, isolation, verbal assault, humiliation, intimidation, infantilization, or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth.” This can occur in so many differentContinueContinue reading “Anxiety and Abuse”
Writing: Planning a Scene
Tea in hand, Google Docs pulled up, Harry Potter soundtracks blaring through my headphones, and a desire to write (and hopefully motivation and inspiration to go with it). This is a common picture of how I start writing on whatever project on any given day. But lately, I’ve found myself sitting down and just staring…andContinueContinue reading “Writing: Planning a Scene”
Writing: Creating an Outline
There are countless ways to approach writing an outline for your novel. Sometimes it takes multiple forms to get just one outline put together. I recently finished my first “complete” outline for a book that I’ve had in my head for three years. I did so by combining three of the outlining styles I’ve heardContinueContinue reading “Writing: Creating an Outline”
Pursue
Technically I’ve already written about yearly goals. But this isn’t just about the resolutions and goals I have for this year. It’s about the resolutions and goals I have for my entire life and what I’m doing now to work towards them. It’s about pursuing my dreams and thriving in every moment along the way,ContinueContinue reading “Pursue”
Anxiety and Outlining
When it comes to my blog posts, I plan really far in advance. I know it isn’t exactly an outline, but it works as one. Then there are my short stories and my novel. For these, I’m usually a “pantser,” writing everything that comes to mind as it arrives. But I’ve learned over the lastContinueContinue reading “Anxiety and Outlining”
What Do You Do?
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. The twists, the turns, the lifts, the dives. It all comes at different speeds, at different levels, at different needs. Once you think you’ve caught your breath, you’re off again. A completely new adventure. Sometimes the water fills your lungs— your world turns dark. At others, your eyesContinueContinue reading “What Do You Do?”
Setting Goals
I think everyone knows the struggle of setting goals. Whether it be writing, exercise, reading, creating, or monetary goals, we can’t seem to stop ourselves from creating giant mile markers in our lives. We usually set the goals when we’re feeling on top of everything and ready to tackle the world, but we don’t oftenContinueContinue reading “Setting Goals”
Anxiety and Job Searching
Last name. First name. Address. Phone number. Why did you leave your last place of employment? What experience do you have? Why do you want to work here? Where do you see yourself in five years? These questions are only a few that are permanently seared into my brain from the endless hours of applicationsContinueContinue reading “Anxiety and Job Searching”
A Boggus Life 