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  Different

  

  By luv2bLDS, Peoria, AZ

  When I started Kindergarten, I was several inches shorter than most of my classmates. By the time I started fourth grade, the other kids were at least a head taller than me. Once I started sixth grade, I had to stretch my neck and look up in order to make eye contact. In seventh grade, I could hardl...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Why I Handwrite

  

  By luv2bLDS, Peoria, AZ

  Don't you just hate that random urge to write? You experience this sensational rush once you're struck with inspiration, and so you write. And write. And write. And then scratch it all out and write some more and your page fills up with more and more words as you think to yourself, hey,...
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  Burn, Consume, Destroy

  

  By luv2bLDS, Peoria, AZ

  “Whoa,” we exclaim in unison, staring intently out the car window as ominous clouds of black and gray swirl to the sky. “Cool,” my brother says. “Pretty,” whispers my sister. “Terrifying,” I breathe silently. The blood-red sun, draped in a veil of thick smoke, sinks f...