Iris Ming
Corona Journal #8
I think I've rediscovered my love for reading! I used to be quite the voracious reader. I've always had a passion for it, but after 7th...
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Corona Journal #7
I've been completely absorbed by school this week, so I have three things to talk about this week. Homework, CollegeBoard, and...
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Corona Journal #6
My head is very foggy right now. I'm absolutely exhausted. I experienced probably the worst brain fog of my life this week. It was so bad...
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Corona Journal #5
^That's how I feel right now. Has it been five weeks already? It doesn't feel like it. It feels like 5 days and 25 years simultaneously....
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Corona Journal #4
I can't believe it's been four weeks already. It feels like time is stretching. Sometimes, it seems way too fast. Sometimes, it seems way...
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Corona Journal #3
Things have been deteriorating a bit this week. The homework fatigue I've been struggling with all my high school career has returned. So...
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Corona Journal #2
So, I've finished my first full week of online schooling and I'm on the first day of my second. There are a few things I've noticed about...
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Corona Journal #1
In late December when I first heard of the coronavirus, I thought that it wouldn't affect me. I assumed it would stay in Wuhan, China....
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Sister, Unconditional
This is one of my short stories, Sister, Unconditional. I've been working on this short story since late last year, and it was the piece...
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Verbs I Use Too Often
I avoid adjectives because they tend to slow down my prose with unnecessary flowery language. Adverbs are the worst. They're the bane of...
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How Rome Was Named
To take a break from writing this week, I've gathered a few legends and histories of how the famed city of Rome was named in antiquity....
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Writings Tips I Didn't Know I'd Need
I have been writing for years, long before I entered high school. Around eight years old was when I picked up my pen and wrote my first...
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5 Ways To Beat Writers Block
Writer's block is one of the biggest challenges a writer faces. It seems that no matter how many ideas you have, you just can't get the...
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What Am I Working On?
It's November 15th, less than a month away from December 12th, the deadline for Scholastic's Art and Writing Competition. With the...
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A Beginner's Guide To Character Arcs
No matter how complicated and realistic your characters are, unless they undergo some sort of change within your writing, they won't...
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What I Learned From My First Novel
What can a twelve year old learn from a terrible first novel? Quite a few things. Here are three of them.
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