Blog Posts

  • Organizing thoughts for the scatter-brained

    I’ll be the first to admit… I’m not the most organized. When it comes to laying out my ideas in a productive way, my penmanship and sketches come out in the way I think; scattered and frantic. This week, I learned about different exercises that help compartmentalize ideas in an orderly way, which proved to…

  • empty your cart, bestie. it’s for the best.

    by Rebecca Branton Welcome to your intervention. It’s time to empty your cart and think twice about buying that dress you saw for 0.2 seconds while doom-scrolling. Nobody is perfect, and I’m still working on this myself. Together, we can break free from the shackles of micro trends and fast fashion (even if they’re super…

  • Social Media Shenanigans

    I’m currently working on an article about the negative impact of micro trends on our psyche, bank account, and planet. Because I’m so passionate about the topic, I want to shout it from the rooftop and get everyone I can to read it. How do I go about that? Well, shouting might not be the…

  • Good ol’ Rocky Top Writing

    Welp, I let my hometown pride get the best of me. As a fellow East Tennessean, I find it my responsibility to focus on the writing of Donnell King. I fangirled a little bit when seeing “Knoxville, Tennessee” listed at the bottom of his article, “Writing for (not by) the Ear.” What can I say,…

  • Zinsser hurt my feelings.

    In William Zinsser’s book On Writing Well, a contradiction has arisen; the first few chapters talk about how keeping the reader engaged with your work is critical, but then Chapter 5 tells me that I should write for myself and no one else. At first, it does seem like a contradiction. Make sure your writing…