Tag: fiction

• What Writing Looks Like

  

  For the longest time, I believed that writing had to look a certain way. I bought into the narrative that crafting a compelling story was contingent on specific circumstances. I used to think writing had to take place in a local coffee shop, inspired by the background soundtrack of folksy music and hipster chatter. I…

  Courtney

  January 26, 2024

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  author, create, creative, creativity, fiction, freelance, morning pages, motherhood, parenting, passion, project, prose, writer, writing, writing tips

• What it Means to Live a Creative Life

  

  For the longest time, I didn’t consider myself a creative person. Though I loved to explore the world and my mind with curiosity, follow inspiration, and make new and different things, it never felt like enough. Unless I had published a book or released a song or had art displayed in a gallery or poetry…

  Courtney

  November 4, 2022

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  art, author, create, creative life, creativity, explore, fiction, joy, life, nanowrimo, novel, passion, passion project, writer, writing

• The Flight

  The boy grasps his grandfather’s hand, calloused from years of hard work, and looks up, big brown eyes filled with wonder. He doesn’t look at his grandfather’s face, but beyond to the sky above, towards their shared dream and destiny. The soft purr of a motor from afar grows louder as the boy and his…

  Courtney

  May 20, 2014

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