What type of writing do you do? All writing is creative, so I do creative writing. I enjoy nonfiction/journalism, academic essays, and short stories. I just finished writing a TV pilot for one of Amy Bloom’s courses. Where is your…
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A Writer’s Habits: Barbara Fenig
What type of writing do you do? I write fiction, mostly short stories and short-short stories. Where is your favorite place to write? My bedroom. It doesn’t matter if it’s the one at Wesleyan, or at home in New York,…
A Day in the Life of a Thesis Writer
Spring Break. Less than a month before theses are due. At this point, all of your thesis-writing friends have gone into hibernation, and all of your non-thesis-writing friends are sick of listening to you talk about your thesis. Now you’re…
A Writer’s Habits: Angela Allan
What type of writing do you do? I write silly poems, and limericks. I really like rhyming. I also write short stories, and song lyrics, and nonsense. Where is your favorite place to write? I’m always inspired to write in…
A Writer’s Habits: Demetria Spinrad
What type of writing do you do? The kind that involves a lot of staring into space and aimlessly surfing the web. Writing is 1% inspiration, 99% videos of cats jumping out of boxes. What’s the first thing you wrote…
A Writer’s Habits: Ryan Sheldon
What type of writing do you do? I write short fiction, although I might experiment with more novelistic projects once I have the requisite time, courage, skill, etc. Where is your favorite place to write? At my desk. I find…
A Writer’s Habits: Rachel Goodman
What type of writing do you do? Almost entirely fiction. I came to Wesleyan writing poetry, then I quickly realized that poetry is silly and fiction is great. Fiction is even more mysterious than poetry sometimes, because it usually gives…
A Writer’s Habits: Alex Roy
What type of writing do you do? Fiction, especially fictional biography. As a student I do a good deal of academic writing as well. Where is your favorite place to write? Wesleyan. What’s the first thing you wrote that you…
A Writer’s Habits: Kristina Chiappetta
What type of writing do you do? I mostly write fiction about real people in more or less real situations, but I also blog on the side. I’m not sure if that counts as nonfiction. I kept a tumblr back…
A Writer’s Habits: Emily Kossow
What type of writing do you do? I write fiction, mostly short stories, although the length of my stories is usually not in my control. Originally, I had planned my first story for my thesis to be about twenty pages.…