Hopfield is Writing

Development

  • I had to write a lot of Poetry

    Poetry isn’t my strongest skill because I don’t understand how to refine them properly. Growing up, my idea was that the point of poetry was it to be raw and so I never did real editing. I might tweak things… Continue reading

  • It’s Been a While, Nearing the end of Semester 2

    It’s been quite a while since I last posted and so quite a lot has happened. I had a few posts in the works but never did anything about them. I’ve been strangely active, and by that I mean I’ve… Continue reading

  • Creating a Professional Profile

    Since starting my degree I’ve had to think about my ‘professional profile’. I’ve thought about it and completed the assessment tasks and yet there are still so many things I don’t know. Even referring to anything about myself as ‘professional’… Continue reading

  • First day of Semester 2

    Semester 2 has begun and I actually went to all of my classes on the first day. Surprisingly, the lectures were kind of empty. Normally they’re full for the first three weeks and then people stop coming but I could… Continue reading

  • KWB211 – Portfolio 2 Prose

    Louis looked down at the dead fox as if he were watching a line of ants. He crouched by it with his hands balled up in the pockets of his jumper as winter whispered through the trees. His breath came… Continue reading

  • KWB310

    This unit was the hardest for me of the four and made the semester twice as difficult as the previous two. I tend to do a lot better when it comes to the creative part of writing than with the… Continue reading

  • End of Semester

    I haven’t written in a while because for a long time I just didn’t know what I was doing. But the semester is now over for me, all my assignments are done, and I’m just on holidays awaiting grade releases.… Continue reading

  • First Assignment Coming Up

    The first assignments due for the semester are coming up. My first one is an essay, and then a portfolio and a memoir, and then another essay. The four units I’m studying this semester are: Am I Black Enough? Indigenous… Continue reading

  • University, Week 1: Identity Crisis Incoming

    So I’m in my first week of uni. I only have one tutorial in the first week and doing my prep work for it in the past two days has started something of an identity crisis within me. I’ve chosen… Continue reading

  • The Found Poem

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