Creative Writing

  THIS IS VERY RARE AND SOMEONE I KNOW HAS DONE IT THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS SHOCKED BUT ALSO IN AWE OF THAT COURAGE AND POWER CUZ I COULD NEVER DO THAT IN REAL LIFE IT PROBABLY ONLY CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR HEAD. BUT WHEN A STUPID ACTION HAPPENED THEN THIS WAS CLEARLY INSPIRED BY THAT. ANYWAY WHAT I SAW WAS AN ABSOLUTE BOSS WITH ALL THAT FIRE IN THEIR EYES CUZ THEY WERE FUMING SO MUCH IT WAS MIND-BLOWINGLY AMAZING BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS RECKLESS BRAVERY THAT I COULD NEVER USE TO MY ADVANTAGE EVEN IF THERE IS A LOT OF ATTITUDE UNDER MY BELT. OK LET'S GET BACK TO THE GENERALISATION OF IT. GUYS IF SOMEONE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND DID SOMETHING CRAZY/DUMB/STUPID ALL AT ONCE THEN THE SANITY IS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING FOR WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT/BELIEVE IN SINCE THERE CAN BE POWER STRUGGLES BETWEEN PEOPLE BUT YOU GOTTA GAIN IT BACK EVEN IF THE OTHER PERSON IS GONNA RAISE THEIR ANGER AT YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT TO STICK TO OUR GUNS WHEN YOU FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHI...

  Creative Writing Postgrads Showcase | Cultural eXchanges Festival 2021 | 5th March | Reviewed by Nabilah Patel A Flicker of Inspiration: This event was hosted by Leicester Centre for Creative Writing at DMU. Postgrads studying creative writing at PhD level read out their beautiful words, hooking us from beginning to end. There were many different styles of writing from Chick-Lit and poetry to extracts from novels. This was an eye-opening event which transported the audience into the creative and imaginative worlds of the writers. They oozed confidence, charm, and raw honesty while reading their work. This is quite a hard feat to pull off, but these writers did it with style. The writer I related to most was Caroline Butterworth, this is because, like me, she also has a visual impairment. Her writing spoke volumes to me; I experienced the same things as she did when I first started using a white cane.  Her description of ‘being measured for [her cane] like a lady in a shop me...

  Creative Writing Undergraduate Showcase at Cultural eXchanges 2021 | 2nd March | Reviewed by Nabilah Patel Words Erupting from a Screen:  Listening to the undergraduate students sharing these original pieces of writing was an amazing experience. Such confidence in tone of voice is quite rare to find; emerging writers are usually nervous when it comes to reading their work for the first time. Some of the writing was exceptional. It was raw, original and had integrity. The writers’ voices shone through. I was inspired by Toby Pauley’s writing which spoke volumes even if it was quite grim. He wrote of funerals and a graveyard, conveying how it feels when you’re facing loss or are alone, and how you act: ‘Me and my friends get so drunk we piss on the stone.’ Be sure to check this event out next year and support new voices. Joanne Dixon Author archive 4 March 2021 Uncategorised Previous Post Next Post