Welcome to a new week at theodysseynews ! We’re excited to usher in the spring season with a fresh batch of articles from our response writers. Here are the top 3 articles of last week:

A Guide to Surviving Your College Years by Giana Scafide

A Guide to Surviving Your College Years

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“College is like a fountain of knowledge and the students are there to drink.”— Chuck Palahniuk.

This was a response to College Kids Spend Too Much Time Facing A Screen, And Less Time With Each Other And That Should Change.

It’s Time To Break Up With Unrealistic Spring Break Expectations by Emily Templeton

 

It’s Time To Break Up With Unrealistic Spring Break Expectations

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You don’t have to change your body for a fun vacation with your besties.

This was a response to Spring Break: The Best and Worst Part of College.

​5 Benefits Of Being An Introvert by Micah Keiran

​5 Benefits Of Being An Introvert

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The good things that can come from being a less talkative person.

This was a response to From One Introvert To Another, Here Are 5 Things I’ve Learned That Makes Meeting New People Less Scary.

Happy May to the theodysseynews community! Summer is right around the corner, and we’re thrilled to welcome it with you. Our response writers have been keeping us supplied with engaging content to get us through these last few weeks of the semester. Here are the top three response articles of last week:

Taylor Swift Is The Music Industry by Giana Scafide

Taylor Swift Is The Music Industry

In response to 10 Ways To Find Creative Inspiration When You’re Stuck In A Rut

As a creative individual, you may sometimes find it hard to get that inspiration you crave, or maybe you struggle with too many ideas!

A top tip is to write everything down, no matter how silly it sounds.

As a writer, I’ve had great ideas come into my head at silly times in the morning – normally 2 or 3am. I tell myself I’ll remember it and write it down the next morning… And I don’t. That is one of my biggest regrets.

It is normally the same with poems too. I’ll think of a poem idea, but then I’ll write the poem in my mind. I think it’s so good that I’ll never forget it, but after sleep – I do forget it. The idea is lost in my sleep, never to be seen again.

I definitely learned the hard way. It sucks thinking of all the great ideas I’ve probably lost to sleep.

Phones are a godsend for poets and writers in today’s age! I officially no longer take the little ideas I get for granted. Everything is written down, even if it’s something I don’t understand at first. It’s jotted down in my notes.

As a poet, I tend to keep a journal too. This journal is full of poetry. Because, as good as it is to have technology, you can never really beat good pen and paper. It still is one of my favourite ways to craft a poem. It almost seems way more personal to an extent.

Being a creative mind is a blessing, as much as it is a curse. Late night writing, thinking of ideas in the dead of night? It’s all part of being a creative person.

Generating fun ideas is always rewarding – but now I always make sure I write them down!