After nine years of writing stories, I see myself as an adaptive writer. I mostenjoy writing fantasy short stories, expressing my knowledge of our world through new characters and environments of my own design. Early memories of writing come closer to writing full short stories, as I used to avoid something if I couldn’t do it perfectly. That in itself became a roadblock when it can’t to essays, but as I’ve said, I am an adaptive writer. After consultation with teachers and peers, I learned to broaden my writing ability. This also helped me develop a mantra for dealing with stress, which is: No matter what it is. It. Will. Pass.

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  1. dremmelhainzJanuary 31, 2018 at 5:39 PM

    Liam,

    That's awesome to hear you like to write fantasy. You should talk to my husband, Dr. Carney, who also write second-world fantasy.

    Also, what a great mantra. I have a similar one myself.

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