New feature to the Writing Club.. I'm featuring one person's response on the Mondays and Fridays that prompts go out in your WC newsletter and asking them to answer two questions: Who are you and What works?. Today I featured Annie Virginia's writing. I posted her piece again at the bottom.
I've come to find out that Annie is in high school:
"Before this summer, I hadn't written in so long and now I am writing more but having prompts written by someone else is really keeping me going. I'm 17, a senior in high school, and I'm hoping to major in English and right now waiting for responses to a bunch of different schools including Sarah Lawrence and Swarthmore (both excellent schools for writing). It's good for me to know whether people appreciate my work. I really want to be a full-time poet when I'm older and I suppose there's a bit of insecurity in me that asks, "What if (I'm not good enough)?".. and this is certainly keeping that at bay. I've gotten a blog on typepad since I've started the workshop and I've put a lot of my poetry up for people to see-- a bold move, I'd say. I'm enjoying peoples' responses and I hope you're enjoying my work as much as I'm enjoying doing it."
I asked Annie what works for her in the creative process. Her answer was as wonderful as her writing.
Oh, wow. That's sort of difficult to answer. I like to keep my
writing as honest as possible. I have a well-masked dark side that I
like to allow to show itself when I write. I tend to write for someone
(not that I tend to tell whoever it is) and I want the big, irrational
pieces of me that I keep to myself to come out with a slightly more
polished gleam and since it is for someone, I try to be giving, letting
all of my gentility or care sort of honor them in my words. I have a
flow to my work and alliteration is my favorite devise. I wrote about
my relationship with words in a college essay; do you mind if I send it
to you? I'll attach it to this email and you can read it if you'd like.
You might get a better answer to your question there. - Annie
Annie's Response to the Monday Prompt:
More from Annie: Download John Gardner
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