With the ongoing pandemic, I have noticed distinct writing styles in the medical dramas I watch. They each have similarities, and of course, their differences too.

Read Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 How are you feeling? The text woke her up. Kat’s head was pounding. She wanted nothing more than to turn her phone off, but she could only imagine the panic it would cause if she did. Pretty much the same When do you get the test ...

Read Part 1 | Part 2 The sun had nearly slipped below the horizon, painting the sky a rosy pink. Owen smiled at Kat from where he sat in his camp chair, six feet away from her on the lawn. The park was empty except for them. Kat smiled back, but then Owen’s eyes went ...

Part 1 “Kat… hey, Kat…” Kat sat up and paused the TV. Was she losing her mind, or had she heard her name? It had been another long day, but she was fairly certain she wasn’t having auditory hallucinations. “Hey, Kat.” This time several taps followed her name on the wall next to her head. ...

Kat rolled off the couch with a groan and stumbled toward the door to her tiny apartment. It was her first day off in a week and a half, and whoever was knocking and disrupting her Netflix bingeing was about to feel her wrath. She had spent the past week working the COVID tent at ...

The world before this was bleak. Nothing mattered and Everyone was in constant motion. Now it’s nothing but sheer panic. It moves on, And we stay in place. I was like this before, Though. There was an odd freedom, About living in solitary. It felt good To keep people At a distance. Before now, It ...