Whether or not you love Colleen Hoover's novels, there's no denying it. She's a sensation, and I'd love to have an ounce of her success. That's why I've made it my mission to figure out how to write like Colleen Hoover. And I developed a sample outline of one of her novels. About a decade ago, I read Colleen Hoover’s Hopeless, which I downloaded for free. I hated it. I thought her writing was trite–how many times did a character need to see some emotion in …
Swifterature: A Swiftie’s Guide to The Brontë Sisters
Yes, "Swifterature" is a real thing. There's even a university in Belgium offering a course in analyzing her lyrics. As an unapologetic Swifty, I'm offering my own guide to Taylor Swift literary analysis, focusing solely on the Brontë Sisters.
Jane Eyre & "All Too Well" The similarities between Taylor Swift's song "All Too Well" and Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre are both subtle and …Seven Weeks of Wuthering Heights
This is an original short story I wrote a while back, which I revised, added to, added to some more, and now am trying to form into a full length YA suspense novel. Since it's changed so much, I see no harm in publishing the short little piece here.
“Seven Weeks of Wuthering Heights”
by Laurel Osterkamp
Week One: We were assigned new AP Lit study groups. …Anna Karenina Haikus: Part One, Chapter One Video!
Book Review: The Co-Worker by Freida McFadden
The Co-Worker, Freida Mc-Fadden's newly released psychological thriller, is as twisty as they come! McFadden tells a lot of the story through emails; the correspondence is mainly between Dawn, a socially awkward accountant who writes long narratives to her only friend, Mia, who doesn't always reply. When she does, the replies …