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

  THIS IS MY VERSION OF SAYING SOMEONE'S BASICALLY KICKING OFF WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER VERSION IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. ANYWAY IT'S JUST A WAY OF SOMEONE GETTING RILED UP OR MAYBE YOU DO IT UNTIL YOU FIND THIS THING CALLED A BREAKING POINT AND THEN ALL YOUR SANITY GOES OUT THE WINDOW AND YOU SNAP LIKE AN ELASTIC BAND IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN I'VE EXPERIENCED IT FIRST HAND. BUT ENOUGH OF THE PERSONAL  SO YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING WHY DID I GIVE IT A FANCY TERM WHICH IS SO LONG AND WORDY WELL MY ANSWER TO THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S ORIGINAL AND IT'S A GENIUS IDEA THAT WAS CREATED IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT. SECONDLY I WAS LOOKING FOR MORE WORDS OF WISDOM TO WRITE SO Y'ALL WOULD BE HOOKED ONCE AGAIN. I JUST THINK THAT EVERYONE SNAPS LIKE AN EMOTIONAL ELASTIC BAND BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY WANNA GET TESTED AND THE MORE YOU TEST THEM THEY GET VEXED AND THEN THIS WHOLE DAM OF STRESS AND OTHER STUFF COMES POURING OUT IT'S LIKE SOMEONE'S POURING OUT THEIR EMOT...

  Silenced Why is my voice turned into a silent meow? I don’t know Why can’t it be a roar just like a lioness? Because it’s disrespectful to raise your voice and opinions There’s no room for democracy in your monochrome world There’s only room for silence A tense suffocating silence that wasn’t meant to be there I used to have this beautiful voice that could bounce off the walls like an echo. It caused an encore But now it’s turned to dust that settles on the ground Why should my voice be low and even? It needs to be loud and proud like the lines of a song on a summers day But it’s not like that anymore You think silence is golden I think   it’s closing in on me like the walls of a prison Shouldn’t my views and opinions be heard? You think not, well I’m saying yes please I deserve to be seen and heard     Your disappointment in me   Expectation I’m never going to live up to expectations that you create I’m ...

  IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO WALK AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE FEELING STRESSED OUT BECAUSE THESE CONVOS CAN GET INTENSE AND THEY TAKE AWAY THAT LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KEPT HOLDING ONTO. WELL IF YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE GONNA EXPLODE WITH ALL THE STRESS THAT'S MAKING YOU WISH THAT THE GROUND WOULD OPEN UP AND SWALLOW YOU UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE UNTIL THEY POINT OUT YOUR IMPERFECTIONS BECAUSE YOUR PERSONALITY ISN'T MEETING SOMEONE'S EXPECTATION OF PERFECTION UNTIL THEY'RE TELLING YOU YOU'RE A DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT. INFACT THESE CONVERSATIONS MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BURSTING INTO FLAMES BECAUSE EVERYONE SEES YOU AS A CHILD WHEN YOU'RE A SPECIAL PERSON THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO PEOPLE'S MOULDS OF PERFECTION BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A EMOTIONLESS ROBOT LIKE THE REST OF YOUR PERFECT OLDER SIBLING.  ANYWAY ENOUGH OF MY RAMBLING I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS SIT BACK AND RELA...

  I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN A WHILE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TAKIN' A BACKSEAT ON WRITING TO OBSERVE AND GET MORE INTEL FOR YOU GUYS SO I CAN PUT SOME NEW STUFF TO THE TABLE. ANYWAY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WERE OK AND THAT'S A SHITTY WAY TO DESCRIBE IT CUZ THEY'RE MEANT TO BE FUN AND STRESS FREE BUT THEY WEREN'T BECAUSE I WAS PUT THROUGH THE WRINGER OF LECTURES AND THIS WAS STRESSFUL BECAUSE I WAS DOING AN ASSIGNMENT AND ON THE LAST DAY BEFORE THE DEADLINE I SUBMITTED THE WRONG THING WHICH CAUSED ME A LOT OF STRESS. ENOUGH ABOUT ME GUYS I'M GONNA TAKE YOU BACK TO THE GENERALISATION OF IT ALL SO GUYS JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX WHILE READING THIS SO WHERE EVER YOU ARE READING THIS FROM JUST KNOW THAT I'M GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND WITH THESE WORDS OF ADVICE 'WHEN THEY LECTURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO BACK YOURSELF UP EVEN IF YOU'RE CRYING JUST REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE AN AMAZING PERSON AT THE END OF THE DAY AND PEOPLE DON'T WANNA SEE HOW BRIGHT YOU SHINE AT THE END OF TH...