Can you guess what it is? — Don’t you just love it when someone rolls their eyes at you? Or tells you they don’t give a shit? Or uses a self-entitled tone to defend their own immaturity? I simply adore it. It doesn’t make my blood boil or anything. In fact, I am so good at keeping…

But these 9 Millennial references can help stop the catastrophizing. — Call it being realistic, call it being cautious: worst-case scenario thinking is exhausting. Just the fact that a mind can concoct such intricate and elaborate scenarios is already troublesome. But to play them on loop and find them in the brightest of places? That’s some real trouble. In psychology, worst-case…

Could fans be talking about how the six friends look more? — The year is 2021. Exactly 17 years have gone by since the airing of the final episode of the (arguably best sitcom ever), FRIENDS. The moment has arrived. The long-awaited reunion! Although the excitement for this event was not homogenous — many wondered if it would live up to the…

A storyteller who is a story in production — “All of these lines across my face Tell you the story of who I am So many stories of where I’ve been And how I got to where I am But these stories don’t mean anything When you’ve got no one to tell them to It’s true, I was made for you”…

Call for submissions! — Welcome to the first edition of the A-Culturated Monthly Writing Prompts! A space to get the creativity flowing, and new ideas moving. The premise is simple: a prompt a month keeps the writer’s block away. Ignore the fact that the tweaked expression doesn’t rhyme. So without any more rambling, here…

Join the intercultural club and submit your story! — Welcome to A-Culturated! Hello to all of you explorers, third culture kids, global citizens, life travelers, and adventurers! If you’ve landed on this page, chances are you identify with any or many of the above. I know I do. So I have created this space for us all. Our unique cultures, traditions, and…

Just because it has been used, doesn’t mean it’s no longer of use. — How long has it been since you re-read an old piece of writing you wrote? Maybe your first-ever story. Or maybe something you wrote last month. Last year. Yesterday? As writers, it is easy to get distracted by novelty. …

In a plane, where thoughts feel airy — Somewhere in between Lisbon and Barcelona, my mind took flight into a frenzy of question upon question upon question. I indulged in the show, allowing my thoughts to land, as I rose further into the clouds. People enjoy taking irrelevant pictures of things, like sunsets and airplane windows, I thought…

Let your reader know what they are really signing up for… — Referral links are great. If you have any referred members, that is. Otherwise, they are just that annoying extra sentence at the end of your stories. So how can you shake it up? …