While editing other people’s work is extremely interesting and fun, I don’t think anything really compares to working on my own pieces and getting to a point where I start to think that I’ve gotten something right.

What draws you to editing?

I really love to read other people’s work. It’s inspiring to see what other students are writing, and it’s really fun to be able to provide comments and criticisms, which will hopefully help those writers. As Fiction Editor, I’ve been spoiled because I have the chance to read so much of what is being written on campus, and there is always something I can learn from every piece I read.

I have been told that you are writing a “creative thesis.” Could you briefly describe it for us?

I’m writing a short novel for my thesis. It’s about a woman who forgets how to use her senses.

—Vinita M. Alexander