Fairy Tales and Fantasy
Finals week is in full swing here at school and I, like so many college students, am battling exhaustion, stress, and not wanting to be here. But we must push through, so I’ve compiled a list of what I’ve found to be the essentials of surviving the last week of school.
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A new type of word and some thoughts on the end of school.
Until next time, word nerds!
For the majority of my life, I wanted to be a writer. But never once, in all those years, did I want to be a romance writer.
I was that kid growing up who would rather read adventure books, watch war movies, and live vicariously through fantasy stories. I would even go so far as to say that I kind of hated romance. I mean, as late as high school, I could be seen looking away from screens if the characters were kissing.
A special video honoring some of the best fictional mothers I can think of.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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I’M ALIVE!
There’s something about emerging from what feels like an actual ton of work that makes me feel like I’ve come back from the dead. Let me sum up my thoughts from the past week:
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Hey all!
As I mentioned in my latest video, I have been extremely busy the last few days. And it turns out that this week is only busier! I have three major writing projects due this week on top of my homework, so I’m going to take the week off. No post tomorrow, no video Saturday.
I’m sorry, but I’m sure you’ll survive. I’m not entirely convinced I will, on the other hand.
Until next time, word nerds!
I was a little tired when I made this video.
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Dear Fairy Godmother,
I am looking for the perfect girl, but it’s kinda hard. I have a checklist of qualities a girl has to meet before I’ll consider her romantically. My friends are constantly telling me that I need to settle for one of the girls I’ve already met, that my standards are impossibly high. Is that possible? Is it wrong of me to want the best? Or should I hold out for that perfect girl?
Please help!
Loveless List-maker
We all have our complaints about Disney’s princes. I mean, two of them don’t even have names. And I know I’m skeptical of the a man who falls in love with a girl he barely knows because she’s pretty and then can’t remember what she looks like. But why is that?
Until next time, word nerds!
I’m going to be painfully honest with you today, word nerds. Well, it will be painful for me. Probably not for you.
Every writer is constantly trying to maintain a delicate balance between two conflicting sides when she writes (or he writes, if you prefer).
One one side are the things the writer wants to write. These are the deep things, the stories and words dear to the heart.
On the other side are the things readers want to read. Specific genres, tropes, character types, etc.
Ideally, when a writer puts a piece out into the world, it’s both what the writer wanted to write and what the reader wants to read. Sometimes the writer has to compromise to make that happen.
Kate G. Jameson