How Would I Describe My Writing?

I aim primarily to explore the facets of language. Toying with the parameters of the English language through word choice and unconventional literary techniques is often the driving force in my pieces, rather than the content. While I do explore topics of varying gravity, I strongly believe that through the deliberate use of language, the most mundane plotlines can become the most effective and beautiful. In some of my pieces a more formal voice is employed, but my elaborate sentence structures and careful diction is present regardless. I largely aim to pull greater meaning out of the most ordinary experiences, often by relating these seemingly insignificant happenings to larger concepts through metaphors and comparisons. Illuminating my idiosyncratic feelings and experiences through universal ideals that others can relate to is my goal.

 Although my creative fiction writing obviously does not follow this theme, my writing largely encompasses the most personal aspects of my life. I often cannot fully make sense of a feeling or experience till I write it down, so much of what you will see on this page is largely for my therapeutic benefit. I take the most pride in the work where I am able to express the inexplicable aspects of myself, and I find that I can do this most effectively through my application of language. Often the thoughts that trouble me the most, (and the ones I am therefore the most inclined to write about) are not the ones that can be conveyed through typical phrases or explanations, but rather through my confessional, wordy style. Much of my writing, while divulging inner machinations of my mind and my life, keeps the readers at an arm’s length through the slightly disconnected voice I speak through, as if my content was ruminated on during a daydream.

To elaborate on the content of my writing, everything I have produced on this page has come from a deeply personal place. I draw on my own experiences to inform both my creative fiction and nonfiction. From my most pivotal moments to the day to day thoughts that pass through my mind, I feel the need to explain everything I have experienced both to myself and to others by eloquently and unconventionally articulating it into words. To put it shortly, I write about me, for me, and if others can enjoy it as well, that is a huge bonus.