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A Word on Writer’s Block

If your favorite thing to do is write, then why aren’t you writing? Think about how many words you’ve written, how many classes you have taken, how many chapters you could have if you only had started earlier…This is your passion! How hard can it be to type words onto a page? Just start! This […]

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Strengthening Your Writing Through Other Genres

For a long time, I confined myself to one literary genre. I practiced poetry in a very concentrated, constricted manner that made me classify myself as such. And this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s powerful to know your strengths, to heighten your skills in a singular area as a means of becoming a master […]

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Writers on Writers: Style, Writing Tips, and the Oxford Comma

Sophia Kriegel: And we’re back with the second entry in our Writers on Writers series! To refresh: I’m Sophia and I study Creative Writing at Emerson College where I focus mostly on creative nonfiction. Catherine Kenny: Hello everyone! I’m Catherine, and I study Creative Writing at New York University with a concentration in poetry and […]

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Creating big worlds through small details

I credit a great amount of my inspiration to pursue writing in a more serious manner to a TED Talk I watched in my junior year of high school. Olivia Gatwood, one of my favorite writers then and now, stands on the stage and presents “We find each other in the details”, a discussion about […]

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5 Amazing Booktokers and Their YA Fiction Recommendations

If you are anything like me, your screen time is overshadowed with the incredible rabbithole that is Tiktok. Amongst the silly videos, trick shots, and music is what I deem to be the most sacred side of the app: Booktok. Booktok has grown to host your favorite authors, writers to look out for, and the […]

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YA Novels Becoming TV Shows & Movies

It’s a special thing to see the characters you created from an author’s decadent descriptions become tangible versions of themselves on the screen. Whether it’s television shows or movies, novels and literary works serve as the foundation for so many productions. The worlds etched into book pages become the blueprint for beloved shows, classic movies, […]

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Writing LGBTQ+ Characters

As we find ourselves at the end of June, it’s important to remind ourselves and the rest of society that celebrating Pride and uplifting the queer community cannot be confined to a singular month. This notion must exist within the literary community as we make sure to write and read works that are diverse, inclusive, […]

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