Hey there! I know I said I was going to back down to one regular post and one Fun Fact Friday per week but I really wanted to share my short story. I’d love to know what you think! Here’s the first short story I submitted for my Creative Writing class. I hope youContinue reading “As I Went Walking – A Short Story”
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The ‘Marie Kondo’ Approach to Writing
‘Does it bring you joy?’ You’ve probably heard that phrase once or twice as you go about your day to day life and wondered what people were talking about. Thanks to the handy-dandy internet I know about Marie Kondo and her Netflix show Tidying Up. I have yet to watch it but it is on myContinue reading “The ‘Marie Kondo’ Approach to Writing”
Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative
Happy Friday Everyone! Hope you’ve managed to survive the cold these past few days! One way to keep warm is by taking a nice, hot shower. Not only does a shower leave you feeling clean and refreshed, it apparently sparks creativity. That’s right! Showers aren’t just good for your hygiene—they’re good for your creativity, too.Continue reading “Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative”
A ‘Fly By the Seat of Your Pants’ Gardener Aka Plotter v. Pantser
In class, we learned about Gustav Freytag, the creator of Freytag’s Pyramid. I’d seen the above diagram before but did not know its origins. This brought up an interesting point in regards to the process of writing, more specifically, that there is more than one process. Now I could go on for hours about theContinue reading “A ‘Fly By the Seat of Your Pants’ Gardener Aka Plotter v. Pantser”
Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative
So a common problem as a writer is almost never ‘not enough ideas’ but rather ‘an excess of ideas’. We get so distracted by the shiny new story idea that we neglect the work in progress we’re currently working on. Well, that’s not going to happen to me (this time)! I have thought up aContinue reading “Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative”
You Can’t Edit a Blank Page
This is one of the most important things a writer can remember, and I forgot it. I’ve been taking a break from my writing so as to look at it with fresh eyes when my brain had recharged. But that’s not how writing works. (This is not to be confused with the advice from aContinue reading “You Can’t Edit a Blank Page”
First Day of College…Again
As I said in my last post, I’ve been to college. I went through all the random Gen Ed classes and the painful math and science classes and emerged victorious, diploma in hand. So why, you might ask, am I doing this to myself? Especially since I already took a creative writing class in college.Continue reading “First Day of College…Again”
A Little Bit About Emma
I’ve been saving this post for a day when I didn’t have anything writerly to write about so here you go! So most of you know me. My name is Emma Khoury and I’m a writer. But there are a lot of you following me who I don’t know personally so I just wanted toContinue reading “A Little Bit About Emma”
Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative
One of the movies set in 2019 was none other than Blade Runner. The future portrayed was not quite as bleak as many of today’s dystopian predictions of the future but neither was it a paradise. One of the best things about it was that there were beings called Replicants. Much like the premise ofContinue reading “Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative”
Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative
I love Christmas. I think I made that clear during last week’s ‘Fun Fact Friday’. It’s not hard to enjoy a holiday with so many wonderful aspects to it. Food, presents, decorations, the spirit of giving, and wonderful wonderful movies. I recently had the pleasure of seeing a special showing of the 1947, black and white versionContinue reading “Fun Fact Friday: The Fun is Relative”