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journalism , notes and doodles , special report , writing
Is long-form investigative writing dead?
Leilani Chavez 7:24 PM 0
Last night, I had the opportunity to sit down with my editor to discuss a special report that I’ve been working on for months. I submitt...
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creative writing , eulogy , notes and doodles , writing , writing prompt
2017, a eulogy
Leilani Chavez 12:01 AM 0
You leave me scars I rub to bleed fire.
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creative producer , diary entries , production , writing
It's Only January!
Leilani Chavez 3:55 PM 0
I could not get myself to stop staring at this photograph. I'm pathetic, I know. Especially since its not even true to begin with. ...
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3:55 PM
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diary entries , scriptwriting , writing
Sunday
Leilani Chavez 2:55 PM 0
8:03 a.m. I am on the verge of a creative breakdown. I've been ruminating on a feature film concept since June but my muse hasn'...
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creative writing , diary entries , essays , palette of place , travel , writing , writing prompt
Stalemate
Leilani Chavez 1:00 PM 0
Raindrops hit my ankles as I breeze through the cobblestones. Looming around are ancestral houses painted new, in a street littered with ki...
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childhood bedroom , creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing , writing prompts
Childhood Bedroom
Leilani Chavez 11:23 PM 0
I was nine when Mama decided to wash the whole house in light pink. My room was not spared. Pink was nice but too girly and the sudden colo...
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creative writing , diary entries , essays , writing , writing prompts , you ought to be in photos
Bunso
Leilani Chavez 2:48 PM 0
In this photo you are a conqueror. Do you notice how we crowd to you? How we struggle to get into the frame, be included in your light? You...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing , writing prompts
Seattle’s Best Coffee, Tomas Morato
Leilani Chavez 10:02 PM 0
Tuesday, July 5, 6:44 p.m. to 7:23 p.m. An ageing woman has a plump foot propped up on a wooden chair. She wears a bright blue baseball...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , meditation , pottery , writing , writing prompts
Swirling: An Essay on Pottery
Leilani Chavez 8:19 PM 0
I I lose myself, every time. The walk ends in surrender yet the struggle remains. It is fighting and losing at the same time, like how the...
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