Journal Entries Archives

Location Provides Identity

aeiwrites / August 10, 2017

I have a particular identity at home as my parents’ daughter. I am the peacemaker, the one who needs protecting. […]

aeiwrites / April 27, 2017

My first day working on this project, I prayed for God to use the story and I had the idea

aeiwrites / April 24, 2017

My plan was to rewrite the majority of my story from scratch. I successfully did that for one section. I

aeiwrites / April 19, 2017

First off, I need more time to revise. Other projects, particularly those made way more complicated than they should be,

aeiwrites / April 10, 2017

In The Art and Craft of Fiction, Michael Kardos creates the “motivational continuum” that delineates a person’s internal motivation (p.117-119). He

aeiwrites / April 4, 2017

Thoughts on Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler There is humor at the beginning in an overly serious tone. However, as the formality

aeiwrites / April 3, 2017

Thoughts upon finishing Stygo by Laurie Hendrie Depending on chapter, it mixes 3rd person and 1st person narrators. The 3rd person

aeiwrites / March 31, 2017

Thoughts on Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips As with Out of Peel Tree, the fragmented stories are hard to get into,

aeiwrites / March 27, 2017

Feedback from a peer, and brainstorming how to fix it She was confused on Dawson’s job. She thought he was

aeiwrites / March 20, 2017

Thoughts on reading Out of Peel Tree by Laura Long By fragmenting the novel through short stories, Long could cover an