NaNoWriMo Winner 2020.

I mean, honestly the title says it all. I won. 50k words in 26 days. Mostly written by hand. If you think I have any more words left in me for the rest of the month, you are mistaken, my good human. Writing this is exhausting enough. I will give you a recap of my …

What Are You Thinking? – The Essential First Step in Essay Writing

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com When writing an essay, it can be tempting to simply select a topic and plunge straight into outlining; creating a tidy bullet-pointed list of the points we’d like to make in order to lead us neatly from thesis statement to conclusion. In fact, especially in an academic setting, this is …

How You Spin It – Making Essay Topics Vital.

Photo by Ash @ModernAfflatus on Pexels.com "People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves."-Attributed to dale carnegie, although i couldn't find a source, so take it with a grain of salt. "Gee, thanks." I can hear you say it even as I type this post. "That's a nice quote to throw at me while …

Laundry, And Other Horrors.

Photo by Susanne Jutzeler on Pexels.com Listen, I know Halloween is officially over, but I have something spooky to tell you: If you're going to write personal essays, you might have to get... well... personal. Gasp! Okay, okay, I know that may seem obvious. The word is in the title, after all. But the thing …