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WRITING SAMPLES
by
Arianna Garcia






ORIGINAL CREATIVE PIECES

  • “TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR” - USC SCA PERSONAL STATEMENT
  • “LOVE IS WATCHING SOMEONE DIE” - HUMANS OF DEMENTIA WINNING ESSAY
  • “HOW I DID IMPROV AS AN INTROVERT OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE SHOW”
  • “ON HOW I BECAME A PURPLE DINOSAUR (AND DISCOVERED MY INNER ROAR)”
  • “AN ODE TO THE SKULL”



ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS 

  • “THE FIVE STAGES OF GREAT WRITING: A MANIFESTO FOR THE BUDDING WRITER”
  • “THE MIRROR, MEDIA, AND ME”
  • “IN HER DNA: TONI COLLETTE AND THE TRUE HORROR OF ‘HEREDITARY’”
  • “’WE’RE AMERICANS’ - US, THEM, AND THE SOCIETY WE SHARE”
  • “THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF CINEMA IN THE NIGHT-TIME: THE EVOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY GENRE”


STUDENT JOURNALISM
College (
Daily Trojan):

  • ”’BLONDE’ IS A DUMB AGENT OF DEHUMANIZATION”
  • “PHOEBE BRIDGERS CONCERT WILDLY ENTERTAINS”
  • “’THE NORTHMAN’ MAKES FOR A BLOODY GOOD TIME”
  • “’MOONSHOT’ PROMISES THE UNIVERSE”


High School (The Anchor): 

  • “MY ‘LADY BIRD’ TOUR: FINDING MY WINGS IN SACRAMENTO”
  • “MI AMIGO, KOBE: KOBE BRYANT’S IMPACT ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY”
  • “SPOOKY SHOWS AND FEARSOME FILMS TO BINGE BEFORE HALLOWEEN”



POETRY

  • “GERMINATION/TERMINATION”
  • “REFLECTIONS ON A SUMMER OF NATIONAL RECKONING”

FADE OUT.