Tag: emerging writer
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The Aesthetics of Poetics
by Leah Duarte After taking a break from submissions to develop my poetry manuscript, in September of 2025, I published several poems in a literary magazine for the first time in two years. Following such a long pause, returning to publication felt different. Having these pieces selected helped soothe my fears that my earlier publications…
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Embracing the Creative Chaos
by Rahma Mohamed As a writer, I constantly come across writing advice on the web, from writers I know, or from any other number of sources. The advice usually varies and comes with a “it may or may not work for you, so figure out what works for you” caveat. However, one of the most…
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Our First Public Reading!
On Sept 6, 2025, several members of Writers In Trees (WiT) took part in Ann Y.K. Choi‘s book launch for her new novel, All Things Under the Moon. Reading from their work published in Forest Floor, Volume I, were Leah Duarte, Emma Graham, Vanessa Seneriches, Lauren Redwood, Rahma Mohamed, and Chelsea Kowalski. This was the…
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Dispatches from the Submissions Process
by Leah Duarte I’ve been submitting my work again. After two years where my focus was on writing, then editing, my own manuscript as well as the WiT Forest Floor anthology, I was accepted into a poetry mentorship opportunity. With some coaxing, I acknowledged it was time to put myself out there again. I had…
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Immortality in Writing
By Lauren Redwood For centuries, the publishing of any form has been used to record history and the lives of humans that lived in those periods. We write to express our own emotions, to capture the beauty and travesty around us, and to immortalize the present moment. During times such as now, it is so…
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Balancing the Screenwriter’s and Director’s Voice
by John Bảo I started my writing journey a few years ago as a screenwriter. But becoming represented and selling a script takes time and a lot of finished scripts. So, when the opportunity to direct my own material (while getting paid for it!) popped up, I took the leap forward. At first, I was…
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The Power That Comes With Reading
by Gisele Tang “What are you going to do with an English degree?” I took a deep breath, prepared to shrug off the familiar question with another, “I don’t know, I’ll see when I graduate.” But something in me resisted the dismissive answer. As I looked deeper within myself, I realized that I do know,…
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A Pulitzer Prize for Your Thoughts
By Chelsea Kowalski There’s a well-known story about the origins of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee that is something of a writer’s fantasy. Lee was working customer service jobs in New York and publishing short stories on the side in 1956. She managed to get a literary agent (no small feat!) and one…
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A Message to My Fellow “Notes App” Writers
by Emma Graham On January 16, 2025, Writers In Trees (WiT) hosted a virtual book launch for our first anthology, Forest Floor. I want to extend a huge thank you to each and every person who attended. The launch was a surreal and beautiful experience! There were readings from our wonderful WiT authors, beautiful words…
