A small town kid just living the dream.
Hi everyone!
My name is Noah Nelson and I am from the small town of Taylorville, located smack dab in the middle of Illinois. Currently, I am a junior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in journalism with minors in political science and history. Outside of the classroom…
An idea journal is essential for your writing career.
Do you keep a journal?
What do you use it for? Your own personal thoughts and feelings? To write down any ideas you have? To just practice writing?
Whatever the reason, you’re already many steps ahead in terms of writing than those who don’t keep a journal. …
She’s earned the right to do so.
It’s difficult to go a day without seeing or hearing Taylor Swift’s name in the news.
This time, it’s not about another sold out tour or an unexpected album release.
It’s about something else important to me: Her playing the Super Bowl halftime show.
In a recent Forbes article, they…
And 3 ways you may not be.
Are you growing as a writer?
Seriously, are you? Do you feel like you’re making progress in your writing career? Are you doing everything you wanted to do with writing?
Whenever you are in your writing career, you will always be growing. …
They’re so good, it’s scary.
Everyone loves a good scare, right?
As the days of October are underway, so is the autumn season. It’s time for hayrides, pumpkin patches, high school football, apple cider and Halloween movies.
But I don’t watch any that scare me. …
I even had to sleep with the light on; it was just that good.
I don’t normally read horror novels, but sometimes when I find one that sparks my interest, I always like to give it a trial run. And this is what happened with my latest read titled “Home Before Dark” by Riley Sager.
The story follows 30-year-old Maggie Holt, who upon her…
At least, a part of him did.
Regarded as a cinematic masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all-time, the 1939 MGM classic “The Wizard of Oz” continues to touch hearts and make us smile even after 80 years.
Though the film has become a staple in American entertainment, especially around the holiday season, not many…
Yes, that Mark Twain.
He’s arguably one of the greatest writers of all-time. But Mark Twain couldn’t have spent all of his days writing could he?
No, he didn’t. He actually did more than write. He was a riverboat pilot, a book publisher, an famed orator and oh yeah, a board game inventor.
It’s…
Start making yours today.
I’m not going to beat this around the bush.
Your writing is going to suck in the beginning.
Sorry, not sorry. This is the cold, harsh truth every writer should know and experience.
It’s difficult to accept, but it’s a part of the writing life. …
You just have to keep working for it.
You want to be paid on Medium, right?
Sure you do! Everyone does! But just like in life, your Medium money won’t fall out of the sky into your hands.
You have to work for it.
Whether you’re a new writer on Medium or one who has been here a…
