Jordan Liss-Riordan '23 traces her love for writing back to second grade, when her mind began to narrate mundane moments as if they were words on a page and as if she were living in her own novel. She imagined scenes from her life as the opening chapter of a book because she felt that writing often starts by entering the midst of the ordinary and stalling in these regular moments of stillness - that typically she found herself in - always just before something interesting happens. At 16, Jordan is still waiting for that something interesting. She spends much of her free time at small movie theaters that play independent films, because movies offer a glimpse of explanation into many of her existential questions. Jordan loves writing because it allows her to shape this flow of questions and ideas into a declaration of self, and in this creative process Jordan finds some of that excitement she seeks.