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[etaoin_shrdlu]

I miss writing.

That's surprising, I guess, considering how much I disliked writing in high school. But the fact is, writing my thesis was one of my favorite parts of the whole process. I didn't expect it to flow as easily as it did-but I guess when you've spent all year working on a problem, and you know it inside and out, writing about it is a

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[teal_deer]

Try creative nonfiction! Basically, "Write essays about whatever the hell you damn well please and don't worry too hard about things like fact-checking!"

[forest_of_stone]

I'd pick up Anne Carson's "Eros the Bittersweet," Eula Biss's "The Balloonist," and if you haven't already, Sagan's "Contact" which is a totally legitimate book and worlds better than the movie even if it lacks Jodie Foster.

Among the three I think you may find some ways of approaching form, length, and content that address the problem of research-based literature, how to make shorter essays into a collection, and an interesting take on how to take the scientific/historical and make it personal and appealing to a wider audience.

But hey, I graduated with a degree in theater and poetry and am now an unemployed grantwriter, so take all that with several grains of kosher salt.

[etaoin_shrdlu]

"Contact" is already one of my favorites -- I'll definitely be checking out the other two. Thanks!