Janessa Writes

BYU '20
Human Development, writer and researcher
Research-based and narrative nonfiction with a focus on family life topics

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Well it's official..students writing papers they don't wanna write will now cite ME in APA FORMAT! My first scholarly article #published in a #research journal!
#publicationday #academicWriting #amwriting

Glad to collab with @Gnommers and Dr. J Yorgason
https://t.co/1mtKuMCJOw

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Noting that none of these include the tried and true method of rewarding yourself with a snack or break everytime you write a sentence...
https://t.co/RQzFLGSDkI

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

@WhoThat_One_Guy Might also be a consequence of regular living

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

@WhoThat_One_Guy The disillusionment that comes from watching new generations make the same mistakes despite having history to learn from

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

You don't have to reach the outer limits of your mental health to produce great writing. You can just sit inside a Taco Bell of your mind. That's our whole point.

[John Eligon @jeligon]

This skillfully written piece by @uugwuu is the best thing you’ll read on the incredible way that Chadwick Boseman leaned into life. https://t.co/GX7CBovXVO

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

It was a really great experience to work on this piece #published last month. I'm so glad that people are reading it! #mindfulness

[Public Square Magazine @PublicSquareMag]

There is great importance in our spiritual desire for genuine human intimacy and attachment--especially in times such as these.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/ut2Tr1eVxC

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Great to see my article getting some traction! Stronger adult sibling relationships make for happier lives, here's 4 tips to boost your happiness this year #Familylove #familytime #siblings @FamilyToday1 @FamStudies

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

@WilcoxNMP Glad to see it read! It was inspired by Jensen @Yurdue, Nielson, & Yorgason's 2019 study The Longest-Lasting Relationship: Patterns of Contact and Well-Being Among Mid- to Later-Life Siblings which indicated life satisfaction benefits associated with greater sibling contact

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

#Published today on @FamilyToday1 ! Want to know how to reconnect with your #siblings this year? #resolutions2020 Check out these tips:
https://t.co/MLt44egEWf
#familytime #iLoveMyFamily #writing

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Proud to be part of the board on the inaugural issue of #BYU's Family Perspectives journal! https://t.co/ZcMQrwavtW
My article is the last one under Featured Insights titled "Treading the Waters of Chronic Illness" #chronicillness #journalism #chronicpain #research #endo #writing

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Weekends are for writing #byucw #poetry #poetrylovers #WritingCommunity

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

"This is what creates our craziness. The chasm between the great love we feel for the world when we sit and write about it and the disregard we give it in our own human lives" - Writing Down the Bones (p. 153).
Not sure I feel the same disconnect, but I like the thought #byucw

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

In the style of a fractured fairy tale.. #byucw #fairytale #WritingCommnunity

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Found this from a few years back tucked between observations in my writing journal #byucw #Nonfiction

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Attended the book event for Karen Peterson Mosley's The Strength of the Hills @BN_Orem today. Loved talking with Karen about her journey reading her ancestor's diaries and the research and creative process in transforming them into a novel #byucw

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

My pursuit of literary events brought me to a book signing tonight for VM Karren's The Deceit of Richards, hosted by @ProvoLibrary . Loved hearing how personal experience and historical events can inform and inspire fiction works #byucw #bookevents #WritingCommunity #fiction

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

But at the same time, I feel uncomfortable writing nonfiction because it is true and therefore feels so exposing. I want to write from my life but hide it under the guise of fiction #byucw #WritingCommunity #Nonfiction

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

I find I prefer reading nonfiction because I struggle to invest myself in or be moved by a work of fiction when I know it's not true #byucw #Nonfiction

[Janessa Writes @QuivsQuill]

Since submitting our favorite song lyrics I now listen for poetic lines. Thom Yorke's Suspirium is worth the mention:
This is a waltz thinking about our bodies
What they mean for our salvation
With only the clothes that we stand up in
Just the ground on which we stand
#byucw