Gwen Pederson, Writing Portfolio

A glimpse into my writing works

A college graduate with a degree in English and Communications, Gwen Pederson is a writer and aspiring author. She has completed works in many different writing styles, including poetry, short stories, blogs, letters, and more. This portfolio gives insight to her writing styles and capabilities.

  • A Generational Curse

    There’s never been a time when             goodbye hasn’t come too soon. You’ve had a fear of the word from the moment you left your mother’s womb. An emotion that was all-consuming, you didn’t need the definition to understand you’d rather keep your fingers wrapped around her hand than let the word fall from your

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  • Further Apart; Closer Together

    I never thought that moving away for college would make me feel closer to my family. It’s funny that distance can do that. Sometimes living in a house with my parents and little sister, Betty, would just start to feel claustrophobic. There would be too many people with the same routine doing the same thing,

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  • Hidden in My Wallet

    I moved across the countrywith her picture in my walletand name heldin my heart. I promised I’d stay true to heryet forgot aboutmyself. Stop-light partiesdressed in green; when they asked if I hada boyfriend I said“no.”My teeth bit off my tonguebefore I could admitmy heart was stolen by a woman. Mennever seem to thinkwomen are

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