Journal

The Wayback Machine Treasures — 7 — I am bringing another part of the story being written here rather than leave this place silent and abandoned. As you know, I am prepping for a novel writing challenge. The present story contains characters who are archetypal as the protagonist takes his modern day hero’s journey through a midlife…

A group reflection on what it means to be a writer. Enjoy! You envy people who have never had the compulsion to write. You wonder where all your free time went. You rescue stray pens and promise to give their lives meaning. You tear open cereal boxes at the seams…

5th of June 2023, Lisbon, Portugal… Well, ladies and gentlemen… I made it! I published a book! I did something that only 3% of aspiring writers accomplish! After 3 years of work, Thank You, President Corona! is finally available on several online book stores, like Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Blackwell’s…

When you don’t know which road to go. When you don’t have clarity on what lies ahead. What do you do? Uncertainty is ever present around us. We make choices without knowing what the result will be. You choose which road to take on your way to work. You make…

What goes in the box, must come out. A year ago, I was at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga, screaming my lungs out to Cage the Elephant after sitting front row for 7 hours straight in the hot ass sun (holding my spot for the concert). We didn’t buy VIP…

By BP Editorial Team TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Leon Conrad (Independent, UK), “Story Structure Solutions,” 1–31: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp6-2023-leon-conrad-story-structure-solutions-1-31 2. Arran Gare (Swinburne University of Technology, AU), “Was Günter Grass’s Rat Right? Should Terrestrial Life Welcome the End of Humans?,” 32–76: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp6-2023-arran-gare-was-g%C3%BCnter-grass-s-rat-right-32-76

Prompt: A conversation with a sibling you wish you could’ve had — She dreamed of two redheaded girls running through the acre behind the house in little white dresses. The heartbeats she heard in the doctor’s office tattooed the drumbeat to the future and she saw us holding hands in every day to come. Why buy extra clothes when we would share…

There are many answers to the question of why I started reading, and my journey through books has been a long and winding one. It all began with the thought that it was a valuable habit to cultivate, having read somewhere that “readers are leaders.” I saw it as a…

In my first personal writing piece, About Vulnerability, I explored the challenge of expressing my thoughts when I’m feeling down. What helps? Words. Well, obviously… But writing is my ultimate outlet. When my voice fails me, I turn to writing — journaling from the heart, crafting meaningful messages, or writing…