The power of personal narratives is no small matter, as they can serve a wide variety of purposes. On one hand, they can encourage and inspire others to think differently or work towards their own personal goals. On the other hand, they could act as an outlet to explore and discuss pressing societal issues.…

Even while strewn across the country, the editors of The Owl have been working to put out this year’s edition of OWU’s literary magazine. Click here to learn more about how it was put together and to read this year’s featured writers!…

I’ve always had an interesting relationship with writing. I often have periods of loving it so much that I can’t stop writing and then other periods of not liking it at all. The difficulty lies in what I like to write. Usually, when I come up with a story idea, I think of the exciting event that kicks off the story or that ends it.…

I don’t want to dwell on how terrified I was when I graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2012, but I had a lot of fears. And I don’t want to parse out which ones were irrational, but I was really, really afraid that I would stop writing.

Leaving the environment where writing is due and workshops full of people read my work regularly, it was hard to imagine other writing communities.…