Eating Isn’t Selling Out

There’s a common image of artists as starving, acapitalistic beings, refusing to sacrifice their art for the worldly pleasures of money. The successful artist, the myth goes, is a sell-out: to make money means one is no longer a real artist. Scraping by is the sign that one is…

Internships are Weird

It quite surprised me to learn how much of the process of finding a career is dependent on internship and volunteer work. I’ve done quite a bit of volunteer work back when I was in high school in fighting Autism, and still do when I get the chance. That said though, now I’m heavily…

The Un-Lavish World of Writing

All writers remember their very first story or poem, penned by their own hand.

The feeling of success and the sigh of accomplishment. We have had the feeling of excitement, as we think, “this is what I am meant to do with my life!” We imagine that we…

Who Do You Want to Be?

Recently, I applied for the Disney College Program, which required me to fill out a basic information forum, attach a resume and a cover letter. The next day, I received a follow-up email that informed me to complete the web-based interview, which determined my acceptance. This interview…

Experience Is Invaluable

Throughout most of my educational career, my mentors preached the importance of grades and test scores. I was told that these were the primary things that I would be evaluated on when searching for opportunities to further my education. This was relatable advice in high school while…

Clickbait: The New Headline

What I have surmised through this course thus far is that when considering writing as a profession, the core goal is to provide words or content with carefully selected language, which reveals specific information that is easily understood (at the very least by your intended…

Is Goal Setting Always Good?

Recently, I had read an article on Medium by James Altucher. The article was titled, What are some of the dark lessons that life showed you? This article goes in to details about dark truths we may experience in life. Pancakes are bad for you, 100% of people are irrational…

Write and Wrong

The terms “writing assignment” or “essay” or “report” have this remarkable ability in which they, after being seen or heard, promptly instill disgust or anxiety into those that are being subjected to them. I’d argue that most people would rather get stung by a bee than write a paper; the pain of…

Dude, Where is my motivation?

I recently read an article on medium called “How to stay motivated: When Ernest Hemingway nearly gave up on his writing dreams.” The story of this article took place in 1922 and was about a fiction writer named Ernest who was wiped of his motivation and how he used his loss…