Rachel Henry

Doggo memes have literally created their own language, and for the most part, people between the ages of 12 and 30 understand and sometimes use this new language.

Someone has to do it, and it’s a pretty damn important job. But I can’t help but wonder: I spend my time editing work rather than composing my own — does that mean I’m somehow lacking in the creativity that writers possess?

The word count — the single most aggravating aspect of essay-writing that always seems to plague me at the end of writing a paper. For many people, reaching the minimum word limit is a task as futile as waking up for an 8 a.m. class past the first semester of freshman year. Conversely, I usually find myself in the generally smaller camp of unfortunately verbose individuals who struggle with the antithetical predicament of being significantly over the word limit.