Write Your Thesis in One Word

December 28, 2009January 12, 2011

Poet, writer, educator, and blogger Jessica Fox-Wilson has a reflective fin de siecle post on her blog, Everything Feeds Process. The post is titled “The Monster Year-End Wrap Up & New Year’s Goals.”

http://everythingfeedsprocess.com/2009/12/27/the-monster-year-end-wrap-up-new-years-goals-post/

In the post she mentions another blog with a great concept, called One Little Word, by Ali Edwards, a writer and scrapbook maker. The idea is to come up with a theme word, and to create something based around that word for 365 days.

Go to Ali Edward’s blog to find out her word for 2010:
http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2009/12/one-little-word-2010.html

Jessica participated last year with the word “essential.” If you read her post you’ll see how she implemented this word in her life.

My word, which I think chose me, is MYTH.

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Christine Swint’s poems have appeared in Calyx, Birmingham Poetry Review, Slant, a Journal of Poetry, Tampa Review, Heron Tree, Ekphrasis, and others. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and she has won first place prizes from the Georgia Poetry Society and Agnes Scott College. Her first collection, Swimming This, was published in 2015 by FutureCycle Press. She teaches first-year composition at a metro-Atlanta university and writes about poetry, art, hiking, and yoga at Balanced on the Edge, https://balancedonedge.blog Twitter @christine_swint View all posts by Christine

4 thoughts on “Write Your Thesis in One Word”

deb says:
December 28, 2009 at 4:27 pm

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Oh, what a wonderful, thick and rich word.

I’ve been reading and thinking about Jessica’s blog post, too…

Hope you are getting some well-deserved refreshing during your break. Joy and enjoyment to you!

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Julie says:
December 28, 2009 at 6:11 pm

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Oh, I love your word! I love myths and even the way the word sounds. This is such a good idea. Thanks for the links. I enjoyed reading the posts.

Being the neurotic that I am, I have to analyze it endlessly before I can come up with my word for sure. Maybe neurosis should be my word? Haha!

But on a more serious note, the word “overcome” keeps speaking to me.

I look forward to seeing what your word will inspire this year. Happy New Year, Christine! It has been a pleasure to know you, sis. I hope your year is filled with many good moments.

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christine says:
December 28, 2009 at 8:11 pm

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Hey, I hope you guys participate, too! Deb, “myth” is weighty, isn’t it? Julie, after I posted this I read how much you love myths on your post about Amber’s new TV show. “Overcome” has a good, strong sound to it. Happy New Year, friends!

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holly d says:
January 15, 2010 at 6:46 pm

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“Light” is the word that came up for me. I have been trying to get out of the darkness anyway, and since I’ve been focusing on my spiritual life lately, that idea seems very appropriate.

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