Book Journal Entry: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Maya Bourak ‘26
I am a huge book nerd, and I keep a book journal for fun. This book journal is both a collage and my review of the work, and this specific spread I've chosen is for the Brandon Sanderson novel Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, which I read back in August. The book was really entertaining, but also had a very important underlying message of art vs. AI that I found very important and relevant today. I tried to find paper patterns and washi tape that matched the bright pinks and blues of the cover, while also emulating that artsy black and white style of the characters. I really like what I came up with and included a quote from the book along with my review.
The Search History of a Writer
the search history of a writer
wednesday
Themes of Dracvuka
Themes of Dracula
How did Bram Stoker convey themes dracula
dracula synopsis
thursday
Synonyms for beautiful
Synonyms for walked
Synonyms for laughed
Synonyms for smiled
friday
Active vs Passive voice
what does good syntax look like
Books about writing
Writer’s aesthetic pinterest board
examples of good metaphors
body language for fear
neck injuries that don’t result in death
physical effects of being choked out
saturday
book recommendations
…- ai
how to get published
what’s the middle of a church called
how do you describe someone walking in a room
sunday
thesaurus.com
merriam-webster.com
how can i be a good writer
how to start writing
advice from famous authors
sylvia plath quotes
docs.google.com
Vi Erisha ‘28
So, my inspiration was basically my actual search history. All the spelling mistakes, all the questions. It's simple, but it's basically how frustrating we, as writers, make our jobs. How we're so worried about perfecting it, getting all the details right, and comparing our first drafts to published works, instead of actually writing the story we want.