Hope is something that asks nothing of us but is always there and keeps so many warm makes me think safe, happy, well- hope gives us meaning or motivation to keep going.

Circadas sleep for years, wake up, scream or sing until they don't anymore? That's all I understand. Not sure of any other possible meanings.

No punctuation threw me off at first, but I liked it as it felt more like a person speaking rather than writing. More simple, but descriptive too

Generational trauma, sucks.

Sounds like an environment for children to be set up to struggle with anxiety as an adult.

Such a short story but packed with descriptive images and ends with a meaningful message to think about.

Confirming my suspicions on Chika thinking of the woman in a negative light. This sentence bothers me for one to think of another they know nothing about.

Privilege?

I notice a theme of semi-negative thoughts/judgements and assumptions from Chikka about the woman with her. Possibly because of assumed opposite faith (enemies)?

First person, unreliable narrator?

Writing with this narrator can be fun

which is why research can be crucial in some cases

Dialogue tag introducing the conversation

I think it is crucial to have a general idea of what you want your setting and time era to be before starting to write which helps with organization and what you want to say, as well as if any research is needed

essentially think about what you're writing all the time not just when you go to write

Maybe a realization that she is very lonely and judging others at the park distracted her from that.

This is a good list of action verbs and a good reminder for me to use in my writing

Writing for the difference between knowing how they feel and understanding and feeling what they feel was my biggest take away from the video.

This is how I learned to write more descriptively in the past was to imagine myself in the scene and describe what senses I'd be able to experience.

I think this is an amazing and very accurate description of the intensity of how grief can feel, especially if you've experienced it, it's easier to picture

I think it is possible add nuance to a flat character with keeping their defined single trait/role in which they help drive the story forward like Kenzie says by talking about details and actions rather than about the characters trait.

I tend to be more of an extreme write-write writer. I recently learned about mind mapping and used it for a paper recently. I found it much easier to write the draft then without using it.