I want to be a writer. No, I am a writer.

so you want to be a writer?
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don’t do it.
if you’re doing it [...]

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Long time no post, but all is well; I brought a short story to this entry!

A Silence of Hope

Living near on the shore our whole lives, it was common to spend all afternoon at the beach. Having been the first beautiful day of the season it felt as though we hadn’t a choice. We spent hours on the shores just digging—cupping our hands like shovels. We breathed in the picturesque [...]

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Looking out for the pregnant

I just got home just over 12 hours ago, and was catching up on the news, since I don’t read the paper or watch tv at school. And I came to the conclusion that a special light should be given to woman who are in their 9th month of pregnancy. A light that they can [...]

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The Death of an Era

This past week has seemed very strange in the temperatures nearing or reaching 50 degrees. For Massachusetts that seems pretty high, and I’m worried it’s the close of winter occurring.
Winter is my favorite season, and the only one I feel at home with the region. The outrageous temperatures reached in the summer become too much [...]

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Beginners by Raymond Carver

I may not have been able to find the texts online of What we Talk about When We Talk about Love, but I am not able to find the original texts from which the story came from. Before his editor made him cut it in half basically, altered all of the names and even changed [...]

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Changes that have to made to make positive results.

The temperature in the library must be turned down; it’s outrageous in there.
I need to learn to make myself do work, no matter how badly I’d rather not.
I’m going to need a break, a time when I have nothing to do, just to gather myself.
Things like smoking or drinking are going to have to find [...]

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This may seem American Beauty-esque

But as I just stared out the window blankly while making a call I found myself stuck looking at a plastic bag, and as it began to be taken by the wind it seemed to get very alive, and it continued to higher and higher up until it reached above me. It was, possibly, four [...]

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Do not worry, for I have returned!

I haven’t written in a long while, and am glad to be feeling up to writing another entry.
These past few days have been something…interesting? I suppose, but truly most days are interesting. These past few days haven’t given me anything to write about, but have given me a desire to write.
I really want to write [...]

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