I Researched How To Hack Into My Reader’s Brains. Here’s The Full Dissertation:
MA Dissertation: Schema Theory and Reader Appreciation Of Literature By Sarah Long 8 January 2019 Chapter 1: Introduction The marriage of literary analysis and cognitive linguistics has been growing stronger over the past decades, and researchers are seeking to expand the field in various ways (Stockwell, 2002). One such expansion which has been suggested is…
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Being Pregnant Has Been Like Jet Fuel For My Creativity
Forget Baby Brain: Pregnancy Can Boost Creative Productivity Okay, so let’s not talk about the first trimester. That was pretty much a sleep-fest, though I do like toblame lockdownfor at least some of my laziness. But now that I’ve been enjoying my second trimester for a solid two months, I can confirm that my creativity…
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Want To Read More? Find Me On Medium
I’ve always been a Medium fan, but for some reason, I never thought to actually publish on the platform. Kind of silly, considering I’m a writer, but what can you do. Thankfully, something clicked in March. Maybe it was the global pandemic. Maybe it was pregnancy hormones. Whatever the cause, I decided to create my…
Pitch Wars 2019 #BoostMyBio
Apparently I’m a social media hermit, because I had no idea that #boostmybio existed until today. Anyway, I’m jumping in and posting my own bio here. If you’re reading this, and new to my website, welcome! We have plenty of aliens, unicorns, and coffee around here. There’s also a fair bit of cosplay involved. But,…
Writers! Stuck On That Synopsis? This Post Changed Everything For Me.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a manuscript seeking to be traditionally published, must be in want of a synopsis. It’s also a truth, universally acknowledged, that most writers visibly cringe when the word “synopsis” comes up in conversation. Don’t believe me? Try it at the next writerly meetup. See how many silent stares of…
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Deck The Halls With Strings of Book Scenes
Fa la la la la – okay, since it’s August, I’ll spare you the ear bug. For now. So I finished my first draft. As some of you may know from my previous post, I was having a tough time with this one, mostly because I didn’t strike that balance between plotting and pantsing.…
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This Is What Writing My First Draft Feels Like:
You may think I’m exaggerating, but I can assure you, the teeth on this draft are sharp. I guess you can say I’ve been on a writing hiatus. With moving to London, getting my M.A., and planning wedding, things got a little complicated. Okay, a lot complicated. It’s been two years since I’ve completed the…
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Not Sure If Having Writerly Epiphany Or Breakdown 🤔
It’s finally happened. I have writer’s block. Okay, so I’ve been stuck like this in the past. Usually I just take a break for a few days and it’s fine. Really, this is only Day One of stuck-ness, so I shouldn’t be this concerned. But I think this time, it’s deeper than writer’s block. It’s…
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Why I Stopped Hating Freelance
Many of you know that I spent a good chunk of my early twenties struggling to find a decent writing job. I’d just graduated from college (Uni for non-Stateside peeps) smack dab in the middle of that financial crisis we so gently called a ‘Recession’. I remember the exact moment that I realised I…
And So Begins My Dissertation
As I stare at this pile of books (you’re only seeing a fraction), I have to repeat one mantra: You are doing this in the name of creative writing. Okay, sure. I’m aggrandising this a bit. Maybe a lot. Definitely a lot. Anyway, it at least serves as a (somewhat delusional) reason to read 50+…
Some Happy Little Updates
So here are the reasons I’ve ghosted on my own blog: Moved from Burbank to Van Nuys Left old job Moved from Van Nuys to London Started MA English Language and Linguistics at the University of Westminster Began obsessing over classes, essays, dissertations and all that fun stuff Squeezed in some good ‘ol writing whenever…
Bucket List: Participate In A Peaceful Protest
I’ve never been the most political person, and I definitely would call my self more of a laziest than an activist. Up until now, the farthest I’ve delved into the world of voicing political opinion has been through a particularly dusty dystopian manuscript I wrote a few years ago and kind of forgot about. But…
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Book Review: “Victoria” by Daisy Goodwin
I’ve always been a Daisy Goodwin fan. She seems to get right into the heart of history and make herself at home. As a writer who has dabbled in the historical genre, I can confirm that it’s not an easy thing to pull off. Daisy does it, and she did it again with Victoria. Unfortunately,…
Meditation, Take Two
So I’ve been reading Sadghuru’s book, Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide To Joy (amazing, by the way) and got really confused by the idea of having the innate ability to respond to everything, which is what he calls responsibility. I mean, I figured I’d always known that, why was it something that needed to be…
Bucket List: Preparing For My Meditation Day
One of my Things-To-Do-Before-30 Bucket List items includes spending an entire day meditating. I knew while typing it into that fateful blog post that this would be one of my bigger challenges. In fact, it would probably take as much practice and prep as my 5K run goal. Little did I know how out of…
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