Blog 3 Ways I Got Involved with Creative Writing as a Non-English Major LRR, April 30, 2025May 5, 2025 Written by: Emily Sharkis When coming to college, I was super unsure of what to major in. As a writer and a former huge bookworm, you’d think I would gravitate toward English. However, once I got to high school, my attention span dwindled and my attitude toward long-form literature became… Continue Reading
The Sputter: The Monster Under Every Writer’s Bed (and how you can fight it) By: Amanda McCarthy LRR, March 3, 2017February 8, 2025 It is nine-thirty on a Monday night. Usually, you’re not a last-minute-poet. But tonight, your midnight deadline is drowning under pages and pages of beginning lines that, at this point, sound more like the humming of a garbage disposal than poetry. You do really well under pressure, so generally this… Continue Reading
Musings of a Curious Newbie By: Breanna Patterson LRR, February 8, 2017February 8, 2025 I’m an amateur writer. I’ve clawed out my own precious corner of my school’s Creative Writing Program and it is in this space that I am continuously attempting to prove myself. That’s the issue with writers: we sit in front of our keyboards, we psychoanalyze our own characters, and we… Continue Reading