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I hate writing these things....

It's like, you mean I've got to come up with a bunch of random stuff about myself that no one probably really cares about? You're kidding me!

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lost & found: 2 of 29

I've lost myself. I remember being here, knowing myself. I remember dreaming. Dreams of never leaving the town I call home, of raising a family. Of happiness. Of blissful monotony. I lived for each day, never wishing to grow old, wanting my world to freeze in time, in perfection. Then, I lost myself. I lost myself in a box i...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Heroes: 19 of 106

What do you do when life doesn't make sense? When the things that should be there seemed to have jumped the fence? All the things that were right have gone horribly wrong? Your beautiful ballad is an off-key choir song? It becomes quite tempting to sit and give up. When there's always a half empty to your life's cup. Everyon...
Arts & Humanities > British Literature Literary analysis: Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad: 6 of 20

"Did I mention a girl? Oh, she is out of it-completely. They-the women I mean-are out of it-should be out of it" (Conrad 88). This quote is just one example of how women are thought of in Heart of Darkness. They are viewed as a weaker, gentler kind that live in a "beautiful world of their own" (Conrad 88). It is the idea of ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Adoption from the child's perspective: 3 of 8

One thing I've never doubted in my life is my mother's love for me. This, according to some people, is highly unusual. Why should it be unusual? Well, I'm adopted. Big deal, right? Some people seem to think so. According to these ignorant humans, being adopted means I automatically have 'issues' connecting with my adoptive f...
Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology Literary review: The Iliad, by Homer: 1 of 2

Heroes of Iliad - Past and Present Everyone has a different idea of what makes someone a hero. Some think that a hero is someone who is brave. Others may say that a hero is someone who protects others. Over the years, the idea of what makes someone a hero has changed. During World War ll, people may have considered soldiers ...
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Character analysis: Okonkwo of Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe: 2 of 3

Okonkwo is not an easily likable character. He is rough, abusive, sexist, and generally moody. He's highly prone to violence. "He had a slight stammer and whenever he was angry and could not get his words out quick enough, he would use his fists" (Achebe 4). This paints the picture of a man who is not only violent, but impat...
Health & Fitness > Kidney & Urologic Diseases Living with kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation: 3 of 4

When I was about eight years old, my mom was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease. Since then, I've been visiting the dialysis unit with her just about every chance I get. Kidney disease and dialysis have become a huge part of my life. I've decided this year not only to expand my knowledge of these subjects, but to also ...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture The burden of sin: 19 of 24

My mother once told me, some time after my parent's divorce, that she just couldn't stay angry with my father. When I asked her why, she just told me, "It's too much work to be angry. It's wearing me out." When one thinks of a person being angry with another, they may think of how hurt the person who is receiving the anger m...
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: The Stranger, by Albert Camus: 5 of 5

Though in The Stranger Mersault seems to view human interaction as weakness, if he had worked harder on his interactions with humans, such as with his mother, Raymond, and Marie, he may have come out the stronger person in the end, instead of the stranger sentenced to death. Through the entire book, Mersault views his intera...
Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing How to attract readers to your fanfiction story: 4 of 4

Ever since my fanfictions in the Maximum Ride section of Fanfiction.net started to become popular, people are constantly asking me for advice on writing their own fanfics. One of the questions that seems to pop up the most often, though, is 'How can I get people to read and review my stories?' That is, after all, what most F...