Tag: Practicum

  • Point of View

    Yesterday was a big day for the first five pages of my story. I met with my mentor and also had a workshop. Everything seemed positive, and I feel good continuing work on this project. I was particularly encouraged when my professor said the words were flying off the page. She mentioned a couple of spots…

  • Spewing Words

    Today’s work day was shockingly productive! I got the next five pages of my story done in an hour and a half. I also feel like the plot is starting to go somewhere, and I’m getting a better feel for all of the characters involved. In short, I feel good about these pages! Obviously they…

  • Imposter Syndrome

    I’ve had a professor talk before about Imposter Syndrome. He said almost all English majors had it. Basically, it’s that feeling you get that everybody knows more than you and you really aren’t qualified to be here (and maybe you should drop out and be a nurse.) The thing is, he said, everyone feels that way.…

  • Distracted

    I’m not really sure what to write for the blog. I have been overwhelmed with other things, like papers and and strep throat and rapidly approaching Valentine’s Day, that have kept me rather distracted. I think I have an idea for at least the next two pages of my story, though; I’ll include a section…

  • Sick Days

    Expectations of a sick day: I could finally finish the two books I planned on having finished last week. I could work ahead on the actual story and figure out the two main characters. I could post on this site about the things I’d learned. I could, in general, get ahead on my work. Realities of…

  • Three Pages

    I accomplished a rough three pages of my project yesterday. I need to keep up/ increase the praying about my piece, because it’s definitely helping. (Not to say that these words are directly from God, but surely He’s doing something when unexpected answers show up while I write.) I had written down a rough two…

  • Interview 1

    Interview with a former financial VP for a local hospital What is the title for housekeepers/ cleaners in a hospital? Would they be assigned wings/ wards or be everywhere as needed? Title: Environmental Services Assigned a floor/ wing/ section; some quick cleaners are hired to speed up the turnover between patients in at-capacity hospitals such…

  • Prayer and Setting

    My professor and Madeleine L’Engle talk a lot about praying for one’s work, that then one can serve the work and the work becomes bigger than the writer. I didn’t really understand what this meant. I had prayed for my stories in the past and that seemed like a natural idea to me, especially since…

  • Thoughts on Madeleine L’Engle

    I read ahead in Walking on Water. In general, I really love this book. It’s written rather similarly to Gilead, which was probably the best fiction book I have read in college. Both Gilead and Walking on Water use rich vocabulary, intellectual lines of thinking, and repetitious references to grace. Because of these two books, grace might be my…

  • What Everyone Runs From

    For the week of 1/10/17 A list of possible characters and what they are running from: Dawson: his past (the loss of his parents; instead of building walls, he tries desperately to protect) Cadence: her past (her father’s overbearing control, her mother’s unhappiness) Needs more development Nurse Ann: heartbreak (avoids relationships so she can’t get hurt)…