Creative Writing – Fiction
CategoryIdentity and Writing
June is pride season! A month long celebration centered on the queer community in remembrance of the 1969 stonewalls riots started by ..
Summer Writing Tips!
The semester is over! By now all the papers are done, the required reading lists are finished, and you no longer have to obligatorily ..
Dear Cohort
Dear Cohort,
I’m not sure I ever told you this, but I never thought I could be a writer. Yet here I stand today, almost at the end ..
Thinking about writing: Vacation Inspiration
I am watching the Atlanta trees. The wind pulling at spring, colors standing alongside each other vying for attention. Gently yellowin..
Thesis in Development
When entering into Columbia’s graduate program you might have an idea of what you want to do for your Thesis. It may have also changed eve..
Welcome Back Check List!
Break has ended and here we are yet again. Back to the routine of graduate student life. Along with a entirely new workload of books, arti..
Holiday Break: Work from Home
Here we are in subzero temperatures, trying to stay active in a good ole fashioned Chicago winter. This can be so hard when that 8-15 minu..
Graduate Student Instructor!
One of the aspects that drew me to Columbia’s Creative Writing master’s program was the opportunity to teach a composition class. A bi..
Refocus with Self Care!
The pen is…you get it
I’m almost certain my roommates are tired of hearing me come home every night and cry in my bedroom. Joking, j..
Let Yourself Become
My undergraduate university was a four-hour drive away from my parents home. Well I didn’t really drive down my freshmen year. I wasn’t al..