My Thoughts on 'The Midnight Library'
I have been going through a bit of a writer's block the last few months and I would say this book has lifted me out of it. Before the start of my sixth semester, during the Summer break, I had to complete a 20 day internship as a part of my coursework. I had applied for a few writing/editing internships but never really got a response. It was crushing. The fear of not being accepted is universal. So I am sure many would understand how those negative thoughts validated by rejection could be disorienting. Nothing I put on paper seemed right anymore. Still, I know it is absurd to expect positive responses on my first attempt, especially when I've only applied to a few places, maybe if I had kept applying I could have gotten in somewhere. Since I was running out of time, I was willing to work with something I have no experience in, where the organization in question was willing to have me, which coincidentally, was a library. I liked it an...
