Literary Work Corner Contributor’s
The Blossoming of a Writer Abigail Bures:
BY ROSALIE ABATAYO
Like a flower that blooms with a sweet fragrance as their season sets in, writers—and pretty much artists, in general— grow from a bud of potential and blossom into individuals whose world is so massive to contain in a four-cornered box. The same goes with Abigail Bures, the youngest of this Issue’s contributors and our featured fiction writer. This Wisconsinite is the author of Conversations Between Two Introverts, an excerpt of which is one of the prized curations in this NRM Issue 16: “Selfie.” “I began writing more seriously about two years ago, and haven’t stopped since. I love the chaos of it, and even more so, the moment when the chaos comes together and everything finally makes sense,” Abigail tells NRM.
“I actually came up with this idea as I was choosing my courses for the next school year because I wanted to take a psychology class. I also remember not having an accurate representation of a boy-girl friendship in anything I had read or watched, so I wanted to include that in this story,” Abigail shares. With the help of a professor and six months later, Abigail completed the first and second drafts of her debut novel. “During this time our school was through zoom, so I had plenty of time to daydream. I made a grid of post-it notes on my wall to map out the parts of this story and how they connected to each other. I found this process very beneficial, as it helped me organize my thoughts when I did sit down to write,” she says.
The conception of Conversations Between Two Introverts sprung to life out of the urge to write what you want to read, a helpful piece of advice that Abigail picked up from Instagram and Twitter. For Abigail, a narrative with a boy and a girl that doesn’t involve romance is one that could make her flip the pages.
Fiction tethered on reality
Sixteen-year-old Abigail attends a small town K-12 school where she spends her time with academic load, playing basketball, and being a stage manager for the school’s drama productions.
“A theme that I often express through writing is the idea of mental health topics. I want people to be more open to change and [to acknowledge] that something may be wrong,” Abigail says.
If you think the workload could deter the creative mind, it’s somehow the contrary for this budding writer.
Being a part of America’s youth herself, Abigail’s works largely reflect the perspective of young people.
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In her writings, Abigail has a knack for fiction, mainly because of the endless possibilities that her creative imagination can take her when working on them. But her works nevertheless continue to be grounded on reality.
