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I NEED to have someone to read or share my writing with someone at some point in my writing process. Whether this be due to how collaborative much of my English classes and writing learning experiences were during my early school years or because I tend to overexplain and over-articulate myself, I have always found that I write best when I am able to share my writing with a nearby colleague, friend, or family member and have them read a portion to hear their thoughts on it. The aim here is not necessarily to receive feedback about how valid my claims are, if the organization and structure of my writing are fluid and clear but rather to just see if my ideas and my writing are simply making sense and coming across correctly. Enjoy all of the run-on sentences throughout this entire wellsprings collection!

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I NEED to have Post-it notes while I write. One of my strengths as a writer that I have discovered is my ability to continually innovate and come up with really creative and powerful ideas while writing, essentially a never-ending capacity to brainstorm, yet I am also the type of person who can fail to remember what they had just finished speaking about mere seconds prior. To help with this, I have made it a habit to always carry Post-it notes with me that I use to capture little blurbs of the ideas that I or those around me come up with as a way to make sure that such brilliant thinking is captured, made visible, and concretized rather than allowing it to go to waste by not being able to recall it later on. Sorry trees!

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If you have noticed throughout this collection, I have mentioned the idea of writer's block quite frequently and that is because it is one of the greatest struggles that I often face as a writer. While others may struggle with creating new ideas or being consistent with how they articulate and share their voice across their writing, my primary struggles as a writer come from approaching the work altogether. While this can be quite frustrating, I funnily enough am always able to ultimately finish what I intended to do therein just leaving me having to overcome those first steps to then be able to engage in my writing work in the ways that I am confident and comfortable with. The pictures below which display things like napping, going out for a walk, and yes, even writing are all behaviors that I have learned to be of great benefit for me in being able to overcome the blocks when do they surface. While these may not be the best of strategies, they are the ones that I have found to be greatly beneficial for me but I look forward to seeing what else I can come up with to aid me to be the best writer that I can be.

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When it comes to how I actually do the work of writing, I find that I also don't have any preferred or ideal methods here as well, but I am quite strict about how I go about using the methods that I do use. In other words, if I choose to write electronically or with pencil/paper then I will tend to exclusively only use that initial method for that particular work of writing until I finish it. When I write electronically, I have noticed that I tend to write much faster but also get easily distracted, which may be due to the interconnectedness that exists across all my electronic devices. On the other hand, while writing on paper may tend to be a little slower, I find such experiences to be a lot more generative given that such writing sessions tend to go on for longer and my tendency for shorthand allows me to get my ideas across much more clearly and profoundly. One particular disadvantage of writing by hand, however, is my nearly illegible penmanship which can be annoying when having to share such works with others or when ideas get lost after returning to such works yet not being able to decipher what was written on the page. The photos below which show things like Microsoft Word and Google Docs, my preferred electronical writing tools, to post-it notes and an assortment of office supplies, tools that I love to have handy while writing on paper, give a glimpse of what you could see me utilizing should you happen to encounter me in the middle of a writing session.

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As a writer, one of the most difficult parts of the writing process can be trying to discover what one is passionate about, what inspires you, and ultimately understanding what draws you to write in the first place. These driving factors are what fuel our level of creativity and our capacity to be able to produce innovative and inventive written works for others or ourselves to read and experience. For me, I have learned that I am immensely passionate about studying characters and the narrative stories that come with them. Whether these stories or characters come through a novel, video game, film, or other form of writing that has been concretized to some degree, I am fascinated with how one can capture aspects of what makes us human and encapsulate those ideas within a singular individual character or story that can then be followed, studied, and enjoyed by all. The following images represent but a fraction of some of my favorite characters and/or narrative stories that I have encountered so far in my life and that stand at the core of my writing identity as my largest sources of inspiration. Please do check them out if you have not seen/read/played/etc. these forms of writing before.

Books

The 5th Wave

Gone Girl

Crank

The Things They Carried

The Poet X

Maniac Magee

Films

The Pursuit of Happyness

La La Land

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Marriage Story

The Social Network

Parasite

Video Games

Final Fantasy VII

God of War

Bioshock

The Walking Dead

Ratchet and Clank

The Last of Us

Manga/Anime:

Jujutsu Kaisen

Attack on Titan

Berserk

HunterXHunter

One Piece

Chainsaw Man

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When I tried to think about what my "ideal" writing space would be like, I was pretty indecisive and couldn't really land on one singular space or location that I would want to write all the time but that also got me thinking that I would hate to write in the same spot each and every single time I needed to write. For me, I write best when I am able to be in a space that I can disconnect from others but that I can also feel comfortable in. But I also like moving around and writing in new spaces because I tend to draw inspiration from what I see around me and the things I notice while I'm lost in thought and/or spacing out so having multiple spaces that constantly change is also really important to me. The photos below give examples of the vibe that I try to aim for when I need to write and I am getting ready to go to a space to do that writing but I am pretty open to any space so long as I am able to be left alone and given space to write and get lost in my mind.

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I NEED to be listening to music while I write. While other people may see it as a distraction, listening to music really helps me tune out the world around me and solely focus on getting my thoughts onto a page. If I'm by myself, I will usually play music through my bluetooth speaker, otherwise, you will always catch me with headphones on at the loudest volume possible.