Hello, my name is Ashley, and I am currently a senior at Cornell College who is double-majoring in Studio Art and Creative Writing. I am a tour guide on campus who’s involved in a plethora of clubs around campus. Additionally, I am a student-athlete on the Cornell Women’s Tennis team. During my tenure at Cornell I have been involved with almost every club on campus, but to keep things short I will only list the ones which I am actively participating in this year. Some extracurricular activities and clubs which I am involved in this year include Zumba, Deepwater, Church Choir, Salt, Lifting Club, Lyrically inclined, Chess and Games, Figure Drawing, Environmental club, and Ski and Snowboard club as the vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout my time as an English Major at Cornell College, I have participated in many writing and poetry classes on campus. Usually, at the end of each week, I try to participate in an event on Cornell\u2019s campus called \u201cFree-Write Fridays\u201d. During Free-Write Friday\u2019s, students are encouraged to work on their own personal writing while being surrounded by peers. Some of my most productive writing times for my novel occurred while I sat eating freshly baked brownies at Free-Write Friday. Being surrounded by peers who were also dedicated to their writing really helped me stay motivated to complete my own writing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst I have taken many writing classes at Cornell, I had never previously had the time to detail an entire novel. During my third block Novel Writing class, I delved into developing my own novel. The class gave me plenty of time to truly center myself in developing the world of my novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The novel which I began to develop was based on an idea which I had been ruminating on for years, but had never actually put pen to paper for. I genuinely enjoyed being able to truly sit down and create the storyboard and plot for my characters, which I had only ever imagined within my mind’s eye. I changed the idea of my novel several times, eventually landing on a futuristic dystopia with a charismatic arch villain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The process of writing my novel was actually extremely enjoyable! I had a ton of fun bouncing my plot ideas off my peers and friends, and getting feedback based on the suggestions that they offered. Usually, when I write, it is a very isolated process, but during my time writing my novel, I really appreciated being able to hear what my peers had to say about my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I believe that through writing my novel, my passion for writing creatively was re-ignited. Towards the end of my education, I had been viewing my English major as supplementary to my art. A topic which I enjoyed, but did not often prioritize outside of class. My novel, however, reminded me of the joys of writing, and why I chose English as a possible career path in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long term, I hope to work for the Walt Disney Company in their animation department. My English major would help me to create story boarding for characters and write backstory. And if I decide that the animation department is not for me later down the road, I would genuinely enjoy being a free-lance creative writer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wherever the future leads me, I am glad that I was finally able to write my own novel. I am proud of how my writing turned out, and I hope I can continue to write and edit my piece in the future! And who knows, one day I may even publish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, my name is Ashley, and I am currently a senior at Cornell College who is double-majoring in Studio Art and Creative Writing. I am a tour guide on campus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n