Part A: You, The Writer

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What Have You Improved In As A Writer?

I’m actually really proud of myself in terms of improvements. I went through my writing journal recently and realized my entries from the beginning of the semester and the entries I’ve written recently are very different. My voice and style have become very original along with the poetic device I use. I’ve definitely worked on fixing all my GUMPS. I feel that when I begin to write something, my ideas are really new and different from anything I’ve written before. It’s not hard for me to start and finish pieces while being proud of them. I feel that before when I wrote, I didn’t have my own voice, but now I think I do. When I sit down to write, I imagine all these ideas and combine them into a poem or a story. I am now able to take a snapshot and expand on an idea or an image and simply write.

 

How Would You Explain Your Voice? What is Stylistic of You?

I would explain my voice as being simple yet complex. I really like writing about the harmonious aspects of life and how they shift into endless strands of sadness and brokenness. All of this, I write while keeping the mood of my pieces the same. By that, I mean that when I write about heartbreak, I don’t use tension. Instead, I make it seem playful and peaceful. I really enjoy the style of dreams, and daydreams, and visions versus the harsh reality. I have the tendency of keeping the messages subtle so that readers have space of using their own imaginations while visualizing what I have written.

 

As a Mentor Writer, What Advice Would You Give To Future Creative Writers?

One thing I told many people who are new to creative writing this year and one advice I would give to all new creative writers is that your blog and your pieces might seem cheesy. It will be scary and embarrassing at first to present to the class but one thing you need to realize that I didn’t until this year is that everyone’s pieces have their own voice to them. There isn’t one specific way that your writing should look or sound. It’s all based on what naturally comes to you and what spills onto the pages of your writing. Another piece of advice I would give is that the perfect time to write is when you’re feeling any strong emotion. If you’re really sad, write it. If you’re really happy, write it. If you’re excited about something or if you’re nervous about something, write it! It’ll help to just let it all out but more so, those pieces will turn out the best. Emotion in writing always shines through in the most beautiful ways.

 

Future Goals or Plans Regarding Writing?

I have a lot of plans in terms of writing, so many that it scares me sometimes. I don’t know what would happen to me if I didn’t write. My one main goal had always been to get published. As crazy as it sounds, I accomplished this goal, twice. I sat down a few months ago and decided to send out my pieces to different poetry institutes. My pieces have now been published in two books that are in the Canadian library in Ottawa. This has definitely motivated a lot of my recent pieces and kept the spark ignited inside me. The next step for me is to write my own story. I’ve begun writing at least fifteen stories that I never finished. I have an idea of something that I really want to write, but it would most probably turn out to be a novel. I want to write longer pieces, branch out and write pieces I don’t normally write like short stories, fictions, non-fiction. I really feel like I am now comfortable to change my writing style.

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