Chasing Happiness
After a devastating accident, Felicity joins a support group where she meets Tyler, a boy with a secret, and possibly the key to her recovery.
Process
This pair piece was one that came from two short stories we wrote separately. After sharing them with each other, we both realized we wanted to combine them, and have our characters meet. We spent numerous sessions discussing who our characters are– their flaws, likes, dislikes, etc. We figured out how they molded together and where they differed. The goal was to have two completely different people meet, and help each other. Our characters communicate entirely through text, so we wanted to embody that and created a template that resembled a phone, and texting. This definitely pushed us creatively and forced us out of our comfort zone.
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Viktoria Pavlova
Viktoria Pavlova is a lively aspiring author. Born and raised in New York, Viktoria is first generation, coming from a Russian family. She is an aspiring psychiatrist and writer who has been writing fiction for eight years. She lives at home with her inspiring and eccentric parents, grandma and golden retriever.
Nevin Mays
Nevin Mays is a children's book addict, dog editor and chocolate cuddler… and sometimes makes embarrassing malapropisms! She has worked in-house in audiobooks, ebooks and novelty books, and as a freelancer editor helping authors and publishers create and publish picture books, chapter books, and novels for kids and teens. In her free time she enjoys volleyball, Japanese yosakoi dance and tug of war with her dog—he pulls toward home and she encourages him to "walk just a little bit further, please!"