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Featured Writer – Alyssa Greco
finds both photography and writing as great outlets for stress.
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Whenever she faces any artist blocks, Meis listens to music that inspires her. Her advice to other aspiring photographers is to “take pictures that you enjoy, and look at the world from a different perspective. Show the world who you are, and show them your eyes. Take pictures that feel like you.”
In the future, Meis hopes to study sports medicine at the University of Florida, and dreams of being a professional dancer for an NFL or NBA team. She also intends to pursue photography as a hobby or even potentially as a job.
View more of Meis’s work on pages 44 and 53
Alyssa GrecoFeatured Writer
Alyssa Greco is a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. She loves to listen to indie music and likes to write short stories and poetry in her free time. Currently, Greco is working on a book to publish in the future. Her writing is inspired by the books she reads, including author Colleen Hoover. She finds peer input on stories valuable and uses real life occurrences to write accurate depictions of scenarios, such as daily menial activities in her writing.
Greco feels the most inspired and creative in her bedroom and is able to write incredible, moving stories and poetry in her own little hub. She got into writing in elementary school, about six years ago, writing about whatever interests or inspires her at the time. When dealing with writer’s block she tries to work on other projects to find other inspirations to write in addition to finding inspiration in recreational activities such as TV shows or books. Greco’s favorite writing style is realistic fiction drama, and non“DO a lot of research for the piece you want to write, and plot it out so the climax hits well. don’t be so hard on cheesy romance. Her advice to other aspiring writers is to “do a lot of research for the yourself with what you made and be patient with yourself.” piece you want to write, and plot it out so the climax hits well. Don’t be so hard on yourself with what you made and be patient with yourself.” In the future, Greco hopes to become a well known published author and write many loved books for her readers to enjoy.
Read Greco’s work on pages 36 and 60
