by Thesis Mentor | May 5, 2021 | blogs, Sophia Birks, thesis2021
When I finished my book, I cried. I was by myself so I popped the bottle of Pink Champagne (a signature drink in The Void) and sat alone in the dark, letting myself feel the emotion of my accomplishment while I cried to Night Shift by Lucy Dacus. I felt so whole. I...
by Thesis Mentor | May 3, 2021 | blogs, Sophia Birks, thesis2021
I finally let someone read my chapters. I was so nervous to share it, so afraid that it was actually bad and i had just been fooling myself. I sent it to my mom and my dad, both are so different and love different kinds of media and narratives that I felt like they...
by Thesis Mentor | Apr 21, 2021 | blogs, Sophia Birks, thesis2021
I can feel the wall coming up. I know it’s going to hit soon so I’m currently bracing for impact. I can feel myself slowing down when I write, taking more breaks than I should, and I find it harder and harder each day to sit down and actually get going. I have so many...
by Thesis Mentor | Mar 24, 2021 | blogs, Sophia Birks, thesis2021
So I decided to gut everything. Honestly, this is very classic me so I was prepared for the consequences to my project timeline. I realized that I didn’t want to sacrifice the way I wanted to honor my great-grandfather’s story in order to finish it in the amount of...
by Thesis Mentor | Mar 5, 2021 | blogs, novel, screenplay, Sophia Birks, thesis2021
Starting this project out, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was going back and forth between about three ideas, all of which I felt equally drawn to, but seeing my dad’s reaction to me basing my project off of his Granddad’s letters I really feel like I made the...
