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New Writer on the Rise
By: Stephanie Del Puerto
The Bay Area is known to be a place full of creative influence and inspiration. I was privileged enough to speak with a young local upcoming writer. A San Jose native, 22 year old Novella Genelza is an only child and has two cats, a rabbit, and a “part time dog” which belongs to one of her friends. Novella likes all kinds of music but two of her favorites are Indie and Rock. She also likes the songs that are played on the radio as well. In high school, she tried to learn how to play guitar but stopped because it just didn’t work out for her. Though through playing the game Guitar Hero, she discovered that the main reason it didn’t work out for her before was because, she had been playing the guitar the wrong way. She had been playing it right-handed when it worked out better for her to play it left-handed. She is a Creative Writing major currently at Skyline Community College, though she did go to UCSC for a substantial amount of time. She prefers to write poetry because of instant gratification as opposed to writing longer pieces such as novels. I asked her why she had chosen Creative Writing as her major and she responded “I decided to major in Creative Writing because it was easy for me and I enjoyed it. I was hoping to be a journalism major but UCSC didn’t offer it anymore.” Her favorite poets are Jack Gilbert and Henri Cole. Novella is one of the many Bay Area students who has been published and who is trying to make it as a successful writer for the future.
By: Stephanie Del Puerto
The Bay Area is known to be a place full of creative influence and inspiration. I was privileged enough to speak with a young local upcoming writer. A San Jose native, 22 year old Novella Genelza is an only child and has two cats, a rabbit, and a “part time dog” which belongs to one of her friends. Novella likes all kinds of music but two of her favorites are Indie and Rock. She also likes the songs that are played on the radio as well. In high school, she tried to learn how to play guitar but stopped because it just didn’t work out for her. Though through playing the game Guitar Hero, she discovered that the main reason it didn’t work out for her before was because, she had been playing the guitar the wrong way. She had been playing it right-handed when it worked out better for her to play it left-handed. She is a Creative Writing major currently at Skyline Community College, though she did go to UCSC for a substantial amount of time. She prefers to write poetry because of instant gratification as opposed to writing longer pieces such as novels. I asked her why she had chosen Creative Writing as her major and she responded “I decided to major in Creative Writing because it was easy for me and I enjoyed it. I was hoping to be a journalism major but UCSC didn’t offer it anymore.” Her favorite poets are Jack Gilbert and Henri Cole. Novella is one of the many Bay Area students who has been published and who is trying to make it as a successful writer for the future.
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