: About Me

Since childhood, Virginia Emrick has been writing stories and inventing characters for written and performing arts. She studied at Rowan University, UCLA, and the Academy for New Musical Theatre, and with award-winning songwriters Arthur Hamilton, Marty Panzer, and Harriet Schock. She won the "Barry Manilow Scholarship for Lyrics that Succeed and Endure" and was a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition and a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. She has had numerous performances of her work in musical theatre and has had poetry published in various magazines. She currently works as a freelance writer.

For more information, visit www.virginiaemrick.com.

My passion is ...

writing and learning

I know too much about ...

not enough...

Why I write ...

because I love it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works" by Janice Redish

My best moment ...

Moving people with the words I write

My inspiration ...

life and the people around me

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Writing a journal and thoughts on writing

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Sometime during junior high, a teacher suggested to my class that we start journaling. According to her, it was a great way to practice our writing skills but what she didn't tell me was that it would be my saving grace during my years of teen angst, my constant and unconditional companion. Inside the pages of a well-worn notebook, I scribbled my hurts, my longings, my successes. When no one else was listening, my journal was always there waiting to hear what was on my mind. Writing has always been cathartic for me and to this day, I keep a journal, albeit I don't write in it as much as I ...

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