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This is Chapter 3 for my attempt at National Novel Writing Month. This chapter is shorter, as will the next one. Both of them will explore similar themes within the divorce narrative. Feel free to leave a comment below. Depression Collin sat on the reclining end of the couch in Raf’s living room watching a… Continue reading The Five Stages of Grief and Loss (Part 1)
This is Chapter 2 of my attempt at writing a novel for National Novel Writing Month. If you haven't read and would like to read Chapter 1, please read my blog post entitled, "The Drive." Feel free to leave comments below. Enjoy! “Wanetta is a wonderful place to live and work. The city is situated… Continue reading Wanetta, Minnesota
My first four days of writing for National Novel Writing Month, representing 6855 words and the first chapter of my novel. Feel free to leave comments below. It was the second week of December. The semester had finished early, and Collin Nguyen was driving to the Gulf of Mexico. He hadn’t made it that far.… Continue reading The Drive
Hi Conan! I was in UWRF while you were the ISS Director and have been following your endeavors on Instagram since we met pretty much. I think its really cool how you have turned a journal to just keep in contact into a blog and so far looks like kept it going. I feel like… Continue reading Response to a Blog Reader
do you watch your step when using a cell phone ortexting while you are walking? your enchanting voicesteals my attention and veilspitfalls from my starry eyes. when we talk, do youswitch your phone to speaker mode or employ a hand-free kit? i imagine you in my arms as we slow danceto a song that you whisper. do you… Continue reading Subject: Cell Phone Safety Tips (A Sedoka)
On November 1, National Novel Writing Month will begin, and for 30 days, I must write 1666 words per day in order to accomplish the goal of writing 50,000 words (the length of a novel or novella). Since I came to Doha, I have written/created at least one blog post per week of varying lengths… Continue reading Two Truths and One Lie
I. Setting: A MAN is waiting at a coffee shop. A WOMAN shows up. He stands to greet her. They seem to be on a first date. [MAN]Hello! [WOMAN]Bonjour! [MAN]It’s nice to finally meet you. [The MAN and WOMAN shake hands. Then they sit down.] [WOMAN]You as well. Tell me, do you still think you… Continue reading Gemmayzeh: A Short Screenplay
I cannot say what I'm feelingDon't know how to moveI cannot share what I believe inI finally believe in youI've traveled many roadsAnd don't know where toNow my world is never changingIf there's anything I can dobenny blanco, Calvin Harris, & Miguel, "I Found You / Nilda’s Story"
A passive voice is a type of a clause or sentence in which an action (through verb), or an object of a sentence, is emphasized rather than its subject. Simply, the subject receives the action of the verb. The emphasis or focus is on the action, while the subject is not known or is less… Continue reading 10 Examples of the Passive Voice
The subjunctive is a specific verb form. It usually expresses something that you wish for, or a hypothetical rather than actual situation[.] It is also used to indicate that something is being suggested or demanded[.]”Lexico, “When to Use the Subjunctive” His wife demanded that he stop drinking if he wanted to save their marriage. Heaven forbid I have a drink or two… Continue reading 10 Examples of the Subjunctive
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