“Fiction is the truth inside the lie” -Stephen King
Writing is one of the main ways I deal with the reality around me, whether its a historical essay to understand the past or a short story to work through my own feelings. Every part of the process is important to me, writing doesn’t end in the first draft. Ink sings as words on paper, but the melody of the mind is found in editing.
Fiction
Much of my time writing has been spent on fiction stories, its what captivated me to write stories into my composition notebooks as a kid. I’ve written short stories, scripts, and currently I am writing Alloy Soul a dystopian mecha novel.
I fell in love with nonfiction through academia, learning to use writing not to get ideas out of my head, but to uniquely tell the stories of real life people and events was something I had to learn. Since I fell for whats real I’ve spent time covering topics ranging from history with my essay on the fighting in Bastogne in WWII to Psychology with my paper on how the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower depicts real psychological phenomenon.
Non-Fiction
Editing
Editing is a complicated process in writing, consisting of many different technique and coming in many forms. This was one of my softer spots in writing so after graduation I took multiple certified editing and drafting courses offered by the University of Michigan to not only make me a much better editor, but a much better author.