Author Julie Gilbert Discusses the Writing of Her New Book ‘Giant Love’
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Relearning My Love For Creative Writing After Serious Burn Out 1 This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at USF chapter. I first fell in love with the art of writing through reading. As a child, I was an avid reader, always eager for trips to the bookstore, the thrift store’s book section, or the big main library downtown. Every visit, I would come home with at least five books, which I would devour as soon as I got back — whether sprawled on the living room carpet or tucked under the covers by the light of my little lamp. Every year, when the Scholastic Book Fair came to school, I would bring the catalog home and beg my mom to buy me something — whether it was a 3D moving bookmark or an exclusive edition of a book with extra goodies. I consumed so much writing, yet I never expected to fall in love with creating it. Throughout elementary school, my teachers told me I was a good writer, but isn’t that what teachers always say? I never wrote more than the essays assigned in class. Writing felt like just another task to complete, a paper to submit, never exceeding the boundaries of the rubric. Then one day, my mother suggested I audition for an arts middle and high school. I wasn’t a performer, but she mentioned that creative writing was an option. I didn’t want to audition because of how shy I was, but we were out of school enrollment options. “Just give it a try,” my mother encouraged, and despite my hesitation, I agreed. On the morning of my audition, I went to what would be one of the last few days of sixth grade. I remember panicking in the principal’s office, begging her to print out my portfolio before my mother picked me up early. Amidst the clunky sounds of the printer, she reassured me, saying, “With your writing, you’re bound to get in.” Photo by Aaron Burden from Unsplash That afternoon, I was the only one auditioning for creative […]
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