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From Phoenix, Arizona

I want to write screenplays for a living.

I am graduating soon from U of A with a degree in creative writing.

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Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Disciplining inspiration for creative writing: 1 of 7
Community is Fiction: A Human Connection- An empty white paper bag from P.F. Chang's China Bistro rests on the opposite corner of this full-size pillow-top bed I am sitting cross-legged on. A glaring notebook-computer is open on my lap and my empty fingers sit motionless on the letters; on the screen is a bullet list of event... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Writing: 151 of 505
Chipping Doves-To write is bloody-fingered lovein letters, like chipping a dovewith a one-iron just abovethe green, the flat green living floor,beyond the screen, I call my brain.If dove blood drips, I can't complainabout stains on the screen. A Plainview shows my dove, my words, the gore,dripping on the screen. Notice me,tho... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Apocalypto: 8 of 26
Apocalypto, although set in the forests of central America, retains the same edge-of-your-seat genius as classic action films like The Rock or Bad Boys II. Without ignoring realistic, emotional aspects of life, the film delves deeply into the intense elements of life in the forests. Although the Mayan civilization and culture... More..
Education > Education (Other) Do children learn better in single-sex schools?: 8 of 16
I graduated from an all-male high school in 2003. In august of this year (2007), I will be graduating from the University of Arizona. The difference between coed class rooms and single-sex classrooms is not great. Simply because there isn't sexual tension shooting off the walls in all directions doesn't mean the distractions ... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Materialism: 16 of 31
A Marxian Beauty- The rise of materialism and the general consumption of goods has shaken our society into a new direction. In the past, it seemed that people held great importance to the time they spent with family and the moral values they passed down by generation. This is harshly opposed to the contemporary society that n... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 796 of 1317
April Noise (Sestina)-I wish they would assume you are a cold, cunning stop-devil. The defiant moving think of you a lightto guide the earth. We turn wheelsto take us places waiting to steerus to nothing. Even going to the gas station turnsto an innocent mother on the phone, crying in the street.April needs coffee, but from t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inspired by books and movies: 17 of 27
Understanding Pins and Needles-Beyond the clicking blades, the man is pure.The golden heart and aching metal glove;A man is hindered by the mask, unsureOf who he wants or that he might find love.The black that likes his home is never gone,The mountain and the living greens, the hairThat jumps and looks beyond, a birth of dawn... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 511 of 784
Wrinkled Lime-Wheels slowed prior to the wrinkles in the lime, a twistover the time when living sound beats the moving heart. I sit by a fine kind of some thing, a stretched accessoryghosting a dulling skin, one curving senses sin suffersthrough on gray days when silk legs walk to the rain and hail. Younger, I thought not of ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 632 of 915
His Gold-plated, Britannia-metal Knight-Puppet-strung but seasoned, up for his career,The balding, suited man takes the gold with thanks to declare.I can foresee my reel being buried in the clear.You'd like to thank dusty men and women, the media, and beer.I am the one now coming to the forefront; hello, thank you. I'm there.... More..
Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Has Hollywood run out of ideas: 30 of 40
Generally, when an item becomes famous and commonly used, it grows in quality with time. Computers, cars, and telephones are just a few examples of this idea. Film, due to many different factors, has gone through this process as well. When movies first started, the amazement of the moving pictures on the screen seemed to be ... More..