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Alexander Lopez

Alexander Lopez

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Aug 27, 2025

#118: Octavia Butler and the Courage to Change

Facing my fears, returning to the ring, and trying my best to just PRESS SEND (and if you’re reading this, please celebrate with me —…

#118: Octavia Butler and the Courage to Change

Alexander Lopez

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May 3, 2025

#117: what if my writing wants to start a passionate & sexy love affair, but I’m stuck over here…

what if your writing wants to see you more than once a week? what if it is deadass in love with you frfr and wants to experience life with…

#117: what if my writing wants to start a passionate & sexy love affair, but I’m stuck over here…

Alexander Lopez

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Nov 18, 2024

it is never too late to return home to your creativity…

a brief reflection :’)

it is never too late to return home to your creativity…

Alexander Lopez

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Nov 12, 2024

#115: The Compulsive Desire to Write

Hypergraphia, Thought Hoarding, and the Beautiful Ways My OCD Keeps Me Hyper-Attuned to the World Around Me

#115: The Compulsive Desire to Write

Alexander Lopez

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Nov 11, 2024

#114: What Inspires You to Write? What Keeps You Going?

Some thoughts on daily word counts, deadlines, what worked for the greats, and what seems to be working for me lately

#114: What Inspires You to Write? What Keeps You Going?

Alexander Lopez

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Nov 9, 2024

#113: What if AI could never truly capture all that makes you so uniquely HUMAN?

A different take on the worries of AI & LLMs replacing human artists

#113: What if AI could never truly capture all that makes you so uniquely HUMAN?

Alexander Lopez

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Nov 7, 2024

#112: I Feel Broken, How About You?

The aftermath of the election, the ongoing genocides around the world, and what I hope we can do as artists, with our words and actions, to…

#112: I Feel Broken, How About You?

Alexander Lopez

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Oct 18, 2024

#111: By the Water’s Edge in Catalunya, We Walk

Some thoughts on Spain, friendship, and the medium through which we find ourselves most artistically at home

#111: By the Water’s Edge in Catalunya, We Walk

Alexander Lopez

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Sep 20, 2024

#110: Why Parasocial Relationships Are Destroying Authentic Art

And Why I’m Writing This for No One (and Everyone)

Photo by Bertrand Gabioud on Unsplash // A man sits alone in a stadium of empty red seats.

Alexander Lopez

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Sep 19, 2024

#109: The Root of All Evil

The deep anxieties of financial precarity and money-based PTSD

#109: The Root of All Evil

Alexander Lopez

Alexander Lopez

Hi y'all! Happy to be here! My name is Alex. I am a writer & content creator. BA from Dartmouth and MFA from NCSU. Also @alexlopezwrites (44K) on TikTok

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