Kaylyn's World

Okay. Apologies to everyone. I've been meaning to post this sooner, but life's been busy. Let me start off by saying 2017 started off wonderfully. As January started I got a new hairstyle that I only once had at the end of 2010. I have bangs that frame my face well. I got a new attitude. I'm a bit more assertive now about my wants and needs but not in a rude way. Or I hope not. But the biggest thing is that Richard and I got an apartment. (I wanted to write this blog entry since January 19th. It's now January 30th as I write this. Talk about being busy.) The apartment is new and beautiful. Like it's just been built recently. It has solar panels and a recycling program within the building. It accommodates people with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments.  It is Richard and my first place together and our first place of our own ever. Haha. It has been great. Our family helped us move, and it was just great. Marshall helped me get to the apartment to prepare for...

Dear all of my parents, Parents to me teach their children what they need to know through traditional and non-traditional ways. Parents always mean to teach their children some stuff while accidentally teaching us other things. This was inspired by the song "Keep Your Eyes Open" by NEEDTOBREATE. Here's the video I got it from, but you should know that I love AMV (anime music videos). This is only so you know what song was on my mind when I wrote this.  Keep Your Eyes Open I know we haven't always seen eye to eye, and maybe we haven't talked in a while maybe even years. But this is a thank you. There is no pressure to speak to me from this post. So as of right now I'm a student enrolled at Full Sail University going for my bachelors degree in Creative Writing for Entertainment. The degree I'm going for doesn't usually help novelists like me, but I've learned a lot that can help what I like to write. I've made friends and networks that c...

About a week and a half ago, I got five books from Full Sail University to prepare me for Children's Entertainment. I got The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by: Nancy Lamb, Sideways Stories from Wayside School by: Louis Sachar, The Giver by: Lois Lowry, Speak by: Laurie Halse Anderson, and Thirteen Reasons Why by: Jay Asher. The only book I read before was Thirteen Reasons Why. I read it while I was in high school. I don't remember my feelings from reading it back then, but I know it captivated me. That was like eight years ago. I found myself rereading it when I got . For those of you who don't know what the book's about... Hannah Baker is a high school student who killed herself. She left behind seven cassette tapes blaming thirteen people for pushing her over the edge. The tapes have to be mailed to each people in the list or... bad things happen. You're reading it from one of the people she blame's points of view. I'm like half way...

Last month's class was Transmedia. I had no idea what it was before I started. Transmedia is a story told across a few to several mediums. Like how the Star Wars universe has movies, comics, and cartoons. I was put in a group where we were supposed to create a transmedia story from a public domain story. It was very stressful especially when our first group leader had medical problems that made him drop the class. Another student stepped up to be the leader, and I was second-in-command. Even though the class was hard our team did a great job. We got a B+. And I met a really cool person through it. We created our Transmedia story surrounding the Robin Hood Story. If you would like to check it out you can here  Operation: Reward Rob Now  . I want to thank my friend who provided me with the link. Now I'm in Introduction to TV Writing. The goal is to write a spec script for a show currently on TV. We were given seven options: Big Bang Theory, New Girl, Modern Family, Brooklyn N...

Recently as I was scrolling through Facebook I came across possible a Writers Write page talking about possible blog posts. I'm treating it as a writing challenge to keep the juices flowing. So I may be posting more on my blog and the posts may seem a little out there. This post comes from day eight of the challenge.  Favorite Facebook Pages Friends’ pages: ·          Tatiana’s page: she’s very informed and posts job openings ·          Adam: he has an amazing writing style that I love ·          Mom (Evette): I love getting to know more about her Writing pages: ·          Writers Write: it gives me advice and prompts to think about as well as helps me learn more vocabulary words ·          Jeff Gions: his advice may not always be helpful to me, but I love reading ab...

So throughout my twenty-four years of of life I never thought I had a lot of experiences. That kind of changed when I talk to Richard about some of my memories. It's then that I realized that I've done a lot and experienced a lot. I've always had a love for music, but every time I get a new music device I kind of let the others fall to the back burner. I still have every music device since I got my first mp3. Recently I revived my ipod and my very first mp3. I'm listening to my first mp3 while I write this. Music has been a huge part of my life for as far back as I can remember. It's helped me keep sane when I was in unsavory mindset or situation. As I got older I was usually seen with head phones in my ears or a pair of head phones wrapped loosely around my neck. As with everyone certain songs and certain artists remind me of certain people or an event. With my mp3 I'm mostly reminded of living in Washington and hanging out with a family friend in her ro...

It's been a while, so I thought it was time maybe for an update. I'm now in Literary Genre III: Science Fiction and Fantasy. The first Literary Genre class (comedy and tragedy) was the hardest. The month after was Horror, Mystery, and Suspense. It looks like my last post was a poem about my Mom April. I did alright in that class. I got a B. Horror, Mystery, and Suspense was awesome. I worked so hard the first first week and watched so many short films I actually freaked myself out. Haha. It was so embarrassing. XD Throughout my last two classes I realized that Head Hunters and its sequel is fantasy with aspects of horror and science fiction. That makes me very happy. It was really cool to learn. I also got to finish another short story in a audio story format. It was a new and different style that I really enjoyed writing. I got an A+ in that class. Not much else has been going on, but I did get to Skype with E. He's looks so grown up and sounds a bit and looks like h...