Best Writing Advice: Show Me
BY KRISTIN HOYT My numb, icy fingers grasp the frozen metal handle. Whoosh! A burst of warmth wraps around me like a familiar hug as I slip through the door, plunging my hands back into the pockets of my futile coat. The barista, barricaded behind pastry cases and a behemoth of an espresso machine, opens […]
The Best Writing Tip: Cut with a Razor
BY AMELIA RAY Don’t ask me where but once I read that Keith Richards reportedly has a unique songwriting approach. Supposedly, he writes down every word that he feels and then goes back and cuts out every third, tertiary, word. This tidbit fascinated me, even though I had never paid much attention to exactly which […]
My Mother-In-Law Could Be an Orc
By Taryn Hochstrasser During my last year of high school, I wrote an essay based on one of the given topics. I don’t remember it well enough now to give an in-depth description, except that it was a sweet piece about a princess and dust motes drifting in the air, sunlight reflecting off their surfaces. […]