Advanced Writing Course – Page 2

Imagining Berlin

by Olivia KassaeiPosted on May 24, 2021September 2, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

I want to imagine Berlin. It yearns to be x-rayed. We must examine its broken bones.

Together at the Movies

by Vincent AgnelloPosted on May 18, 2021May 18, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

My nickname is, in many ways, a stowaway from another life. The simple, happy life that my mom and dad had built in the Rockaways of Queens.

Home Is Where the . . .

by Kayla PerezPosted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

Where I come from, there is graffiti everywhere. This place is their museum, an outlet for their frustration, inspirations, and pride.

To Texas and Back

by Sabrina ChoudharyPosted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

The summer before college, Sarwat moved to Texas. It was a small miracle that she was able to convince them to stay put through the end of high school. Her parents wasted no time packing up after graduation.

Billy Corgan Shiny Pants

by Jim FalconePosted on April 14, 2021April 21, 2021Advanced Writing CourseFiction

Sera wasn’t what you would call a “party person.” Yet here he was, walking in his tight shiny pants, to a party full of obnoxious theater kids.

Squirrel and Tanabe

by Hanako OhashiPosted on April 7, 2021April 1, 2021Advanced Writing CourseFiction

Just as Tanabe turned a sharp curve, a squirrel ran out of the shrubbery, froze in the middle of the road, and stared straight at him.

A Letter to My Younger Self

by Ally SwansonPosted on April 1, 2021March 26, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

The first lesson I want to teach you is that it’s okay to be sensitive. I know mom says that it’s your worst trait, but I think it makes you strong.

The Dropout Trilogy

by Meagen TajallePosted on March 30, 2021March 26, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

Why "Bad Blood" should reunite Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher

B. Horseman

by Aliya JonesPosted on March 26, 2021March 23, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

It’s the quality of so much sorrow held at the brink that attracted me to "BoJack Horseman." It’s brilliant, at once both witty and belly-laugh silly, and often capable of being shockingly real.

Girls and Gore

by Lorena RichiezPosted on March 23, 2021March 23, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

In horror films, why is it so often only the lily-white, shy girls who outrun the big baddie?

Boo! The Surprise of “Fleabag”

by Vincent AgnelloPosted on March 17, 2021March 12, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCriticism

The major surprise at the end of the first season of "Fleabag" is not your ordinary plot twist.

Scientology City, Fla.

by Penina WarrenPosted on March 11, 2021March 5, 2021Advanced Writing CourseCreative Nonfiction

At a 1949 science-fiction lecture, the prolific pulp writer Lafayette Ronald Hubbard—L. Ron, for short—opined that, “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.

Confluence

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