Creative Writing

  I'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE TOO MANY TIMES! GUESS WHAT IT'S A FREE COUNTRY ANYONE CAN PREACH AND SAY THEIR VIEWS AND OPINIONS OUT LOUD CUZ THERE'S A THING CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY. ALSO PEOPLE DESERVED TO BE HEARD NOT JUST SEEN. YOU GUYS DESERVE TO HAVE A PLATFORM WHERE YOUR VIEWS GET HEARD. SOMETIMES WHEN WE THE YOUNGER GENERATION SPEAK WE GET TOLD WE HAVE TOO MUCH ATTITUDE OR WE ARE DOWNRIGHT DISRESPECTFUL OR WHATEVER WE SAY GETS FLUSHED DOWN THE DRAIN AND THROWN OUT THE WINDOW AND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN WE GET TOLD TO WATCH OUR MOUTHS. SO YOU HAVE TO BOTTLE UP EVERYTHING AND WRITE IT DOWN IN YOUR PERSONAL JOURNALS RIGHT? ANYWAY I'VE RANTED ON QUITE PASSIONATELY FOR SOME TIME SO I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL SOME AWE-INSPIRING ADVICE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A SPECIAL PERSON IN LIFE SHE WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST CHAPTER SO GRAB YOUR BLANKETS AND PILLOWS AND GET COMFY ALSO GRAB SOME NOODLES AND LISTEN LOUDAND CRYSTAL CLEAR 'WHEN SOMEONE SAYS YOU'RE THE ...

  THEY USE YOUR WORDS AGAINST YOU AND THEY HURT YOU IN WAYS THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. TRUST ME I'VE LEARNT MY LESSON THE HARD WAY.  THERE'S NO EXCUSES FOR WHY THEY DO IT WHEN YOU TELL THEM THINGS IN CONFIDENCE AND THAT MEANS THE THINGS YOU SAY STAY IN THE FOUR WALLS OF THE PLACE THAT YOU TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN THEY JUST GO AND BETRAY YOU AND GET YOU INTO A WHOLE POTFUL OF TROUBLE THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING YOUR WAY. WHEN YOU TELL SOMEONE THE 411 IT HAS TO STAY BETWEEN YOU AND THAT PERSON. OK I'LL STOP RANTING NOW AND GIVE Y'ALL THE FIRST PIECE OF MY AWE-INSPIRING ADVICE SO SIT BACK AND RELAX AND GRAB SOME ICE CREAM AND LISTEN LOUD AND CRYSTAL CLEAR 'WHEN SOMEONE TWISTS THE KNIFE OF BETRAYAL IN YOUR BACK OR THEY GO BEHIND YOUR BACK WITHOUT VERIFYING THAT THEY WILL KEEP THE FACTS THAT YOU'VE TOLD THEM BETWEEN YOU AND THEM  AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THEIR PRESENCE NEXT TIME JUST KEEP ALL THE SECRETS AND TRUTHS BURIED ON THE INSI...

  ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS IN LIFE WHEN YOU LET A SIBLING GO CUZ THEY'VE GOTTEN MARRIED BUT IT'S ALSO A HAPPY MOMENT AS WELL SO IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH RECENTLY EVEN IF I DIDN'T CRY. ANYWAY LETS GET BACK TO THE GERNERAL SIDE OF THINGS WEDDINGS ARE FUN CUZ OF THE FOOD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY CUZ Y'ALL CAN BECOME PHOTOGRAPHERS WHILE USING YOUR PHONE CAMERAS AND IF YOU WANT CLEAR PICS WITH THE BEST LIGHTING YOU NEED TO GET A GOOD PHONE SUCH AS HUWAWEI CUZ THE CAMERA ON IT IS AMAZING. SO GUYS I SUGGEST YOU GET YOUR TISSUE BOXES READY CUZ YOU MIGHT BAWL YOUR EYES OUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE ADVICE THAT I'M GONNA DISH OUT SOON SO GRAB SOME PILLOWS BLANKETS AND SNACKS CUZ I'M ABOUT TO LAY DOWN SOME JAW DROPPING ADVICE THAT WILL MAKE YOU RETHINK THE LEVEL OF DEEPNESS THAT I CAN GO TO SO HERE GOES NOTHING 'IT'S THE HARDEST THING EVER TO LET SOMEONE SO CLOSE TO YOU GO IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE MOVING TO A COMPLETELY NEW CIT...

  I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS ON ANOTHER PLATFORM CALLED JUICE MAGAZINE BUT I WANNA BRING IT TO WATTPAD SO LET'S START THIS CHAPTER AND GO OUT WITH A BANG. HEY REJECTS OF THE WORLD YOU GUYS ARE PEOPLE AND NOBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU YOU'RE A DUMB HUMAN CUZ EVERYONE FUCKS UP AND MAKES MISTAKES BUT IT'S ABOUT CHANGING THOSE HABITS CUZ EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE EVEN ME BUT PEOPLE THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING A FAIR PERSON BUT LIFE'S JUST NOT FAIR AND IT BITES YOU IN THE ASS AT TIMES SO YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY THINKING WHAT THE HECK DOES IT MEAN TO BE A BETTER PERSON? WELL IT'S ABOUT GETTING YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND BEING ON THE SAME PAGE AS PEOPLE SO THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH PEOPLE. IT'S ALSO ABOUT KEEPING THAT MOUTHINESS IN CHECK SO THAT YOU CAN RESPECT AND APPRECIATE PEOPLE EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM 100% ON SOME THINGS. OK NOW SIT BACK AND RELAX CUZ THE WORDS OF WISDOM ARE COMING AT YOU LIKE A LOADED BULLET SO WATCH OUT...

  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