By Anthony Miglieri There are a whole lot of films, and great films at that, about screenwriting. A few of the best are Barton Fink (1991), written and directed by the Coen Brothers, and Adaptation. (2002), directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. However, few films I have ever seen are able to […]
NaNoWriMo 2017 Results This year the English department hosted National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) events and encouraged writers in the Ball State and Muncie communities to write a rough draft of their novels. We called this the #MuncieNaNo Project. Sixty-five writers participated, which is an 200+% increase in participants from previous years! Ten participants “won,” […]
Rachel Lauve is a new graduate student working toward an M.A. in creative writing from Ball State University. She earned an undergraduate degree in English Education from Ball State in May 2017 1) What degree are you pursuing (i.e., PhD in Literature, MA in creative writing, etc.)? What is it about this degree/program that interested […]
Justine Waluvengo is a new graduate student working toward an M.A. in literature from Ball State University. She studied linguistics and literature at the University of Nairobi, where she earned a B.A. 1) What degree are you pursuing? What is it about this degree/program that interested you? I am pursuing an MA in Literature. I […]
By: Kaitlyn Sumner So, you’re great at writing an 8-page research paper in under 24 hours. You’re able to finish an entire novel within a night and be ready for a class discussion the next morning. You can relate centuries old rhetorical arguments to modern-day marketing efforts. The question you ask yourself daily: “What am […]
By Makayla Smart “I have seen you before,” she said. “I come with the snow,” he said. “I come when men are dying.” 60 SHARES Share on Facebook Tweet Follow us Share Share Share Share Share
Jared Linder is a two-time Ball State graduate, once as undergrad with the English department, and again as a graduate student earning an M.S. in Information and Communication Sciences at the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS). He serves as the Chief Information Officer for the State of Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration […]
