Tag: Elizabeth Wallace

For these four pieces, I decided to explore different mental health struggles through both nonfiction and fiction. In order to do this, I explored different styles in each one. In Panic Atta-, I told the story in chronological order of my earlier panic attacks by noting the dates that I experienced them. In Dr . Dooley, I wrote the story, which is the beginning of my memoir that I’m working on, in second person because by using second person, my readers will feel as if they’re the main character and I think that’s important for Dr . Dooley. For Finally Seeing Clearly, I drew from my experience of emotional abuse and put that into Adiana’s character. Additionally, I wrote Finally Seeing Clearly in two different perspectives because I think when writing about abuse that it’s important to see other people’s perspectives, especially, from friends. I can personally relate to each of these stories, whether that be a nonfiction piece that happened to me or a fiction piece in which part of the story is true for me. Last summer, I was introduced to writing nonfiction and fell in love with the genre–I’m grateful to be able to share some of my writing.

For these three pieces, I explored one-sided love and how it feels . I believe one-sided love is something that needs more light shed on it, and I want to be a part of that effort . To convey how one-sided love looks and feels, I used different types of poetry–a sonnet titled Sour Love, a free verse titled It Didn’t Click, and a rhyming poem titled Candy Consumed . For It Didn’t Click, I wanted the poem to not only sound, but also look like how I felt during the time in which the poem is set . When I bolded any words in this poem, it was for emphasis just as when words or sentences went up or down like stairs . For Candy Consumed, I was challenged to work with a candy theme for a contest . The poem had to be angry, and it had to be rhyming, so I decided to write about my first, and only break-up . I’m very close to all three of these pieces, as they address my experiences .