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In the genre of Creative Nonfiction, I personally believe one of the most important elements of voice is the tone. The reason it is so important for this genre is that often the writer of a creative nonfiction piece is trying to share their personal ideas, beliefs, or philosophy through a story. The tone I Continue reading

Often, we forget our history as writers. I think that we get so wrapped up in our own growth that our expectations rise and we often forget exactly where we come from. It’s really easy to look down on our younger writers and easily dismiss them as being “cringy” without giving them the chance to Continue reading

We live in a time where everything is fed to us, how to feel, how to see, how to live our lives. Writing is a door to a new world where we can detect and explore deeper thoughts about just anything. I often find myself getting lost in writing and looking for bigger ideas. My Continue reading

Before I was involved in a literary magazine I thought that being an editor would be so boring; all you do is sit in a room and look at work. I wondered why we looked at art and honestly I thought a literary magazine only had literary work. I thought no one would submit and Continue reading

  Science fiction has often laid the groundwork for the future of technology, shaping lives and experiences decades after their conceptions. We can see these visionary authors’ work in the world around us. Eighty years ago, George Orwell predicted the onset of mass surveillance in 1984, heralding something akin to the intrusive age of information Continue reading

I first knew I loved stories before I could read, probably before I even knew what a “story” was. My mother read me stories when I was a very small child, and I loved them. I especially loved fairy tales, all the stories of fantastical creatures and magical worlds. In second grade, when we were Continue reading

One tool that a lot of writers depend on is overusing their characters’ internal thoughts or ability to straight out say how their characters are feeling. However, on some occasions this element becomes a trap and prevents the writer from using more engaging forms of showing their characters’ feelings. Writing scripts taught me the value Continue reading

When you sit down to write a poem, it often feels like you have to convey some universal truth for your work to be worthwhile. It can be tempting to make your writing broad and expansive to ensure that as many people as possible can relate to it; when I started writing poetry, much of Continue reading

This year as a writer, I’ve been experimenting more with my own poetry — not only in terms of structure (although that’s an aspect that has drastically changed as well), but in terms of the poem’s essence — dreamy, symbolic, dark. Arthur Rimbaud is a poet I unintentionally stumbled across after a friend of mine Continue reading

levitates first open mic of the year was amazing. We had a great turn out of guests and performers.  We hope everyone enjoyed themselves, and please feel free to come to our next open mic in the spring. Where we will release Levitate issue #4!         Continue reading