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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

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Discovered

miss_literal's picture

"Amelia, I read your writing online. It's really good."
"Umm, what writing?"
"On the Young Writers Project website."
Oh. My. God.
"Amelia?"
"Yeah. I'm still here. Uh, so how'd you find it?"
"I Googled you and that was the first thing that came up. 'Young Writers Project. Amelia Seman, Essex High School, Grade 9.'"
Oh shit! Goddamn submissions!
"So, you read all of it?"
"Yeah, I really liked it. How come you didn't tell me you wrote?"
"Uh, it's kinda embarassing, ya know? It's nice online cause people don't know it's you."
"But it's on the internet. Anyone can read it. So it's not really anonymous."
True that. Damnit.

Poet_Jessica's picture

My. Worst. Fear. ____________

My.
Worst.
Fear.

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Last night in my bed, I stared up at the stars in the sky and thought, "WHERE THE HELL IS THE CEILING?!"

hahaa i love that quote...

SnowStars's picture

My second worst fear. After

My second worst fear.
After discovery of my notebook.
:)SnowStars

gradster1's picture

Reuters

Oddly enough, I don't think I'd mind it as much. The only thing is that whole suicide section in one of the earliest pieces - I wouldn't mind that, though if they'd understand why and that it was fiction.

Yeah, it wouldn't really bother me.

/gradster(1)/ - okay, a little scared now

http://nmhwu.wordpress.com/ - new review on "The Dark Knight" FINALLY finished! Go see it! (the movie, although my review is nice too :D)

miss_literal's picture

Gradster

Which suicidal section? Do you mean my writing or yours? Because I don't ever remember being suicidal or even having a suicidal tone...and by the way, most of my poems aren't fiction, so that's kinda what bothered me. Oh wait, did you mean my first poem ever? Ok i can kinda see how you might think it suicidal...it wasn't intended that way though

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~miss lit~

gradster1's picture

Hah

Sorry about that - nope, I was referring to one of my earliest pieces.

/gradster(1)/ - cheered

http://nmhwu.wordpress.com/ - new review on "The Dark Knight" FINALLY finished! Go see it! (the movie, although my review is nice too :D)

miss_literal's picture

ok, never mind then. and

ok, never mind then. and good morning to you! how are you this beautiful day?

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~miss lit~

gradster1's picture

Very well, thank you.

And you?

/gradster(1)/ - daunted

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miss_literal's picture

Good, thanks. Why daunted

Good, thanks.
Why daunted this morning?

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~miss lit~

gradster1's picture

:D :) :/ :) :/ :? :S <:'| :/ (progression of moods this morning)

Getting a haircut I think I might regret but then maybe I won't et cetera AHHHHH.

/gradster(1)/ - daunted

http://nmhwu.wordpress.com/ - new review on "The Dark Knight" FINALLY finished! Go see it! (the movie, although my review is nice too :D)

miss_literal's picture

hey, you're a guy. if you

hey, you're a guy. if you don't like it, you can always just cut it all off. actually, maybe not, depending on who you are.

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~miss lit~

gradster1's picture

Insert subject line here.

No, I couldn't.

/gradster(1)/ - daunted

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NonSequitur's picture

Idea:

Go to the appointment. Get an inch cut off. Then decide from there if you want to go any shorter.

At the very least, you'll get all the split ends off.

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"It's either broken or it's French."

miss_literal's picture

ahh, so practical

ahh, so practical :)

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~miss lit~

mixedmusic333's picture

Was it

Hannah S?

miss_literal's picture

YES. ............... ~miss

YES.

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~miss lit~

miss_literal's picture

mm, we haven't talked in way

mm, we haven't talked in way too long. so TALK TO ME!

...............
~miss lit~

writingdog's picture

I'm sorry...

this is probably one of my hugest fears. I hate it though how teachers love it when you get published. They're all like, "Oh my god! Why didn't you tell me?"

Yeah, that's why... They get too excited about things like that.

But, one time when I got published, my teacher actually read it aloud to the entire class. That was one of my most embarrassing times... I was slouching in my seat the whole time.

NeonKiwi's picture

My teacher

My teacher posted my published pieces in the hallway. I actually hadn't remembered I was going to be until he did that, though...

And about your piece here, the same thing happened to me. Not fun.
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"Perfection doesn't exist, in my mind. Only greatness does." ~Geist

writingdog's picture

My english teacher also put

My english teacher also put mine on the door.
So anyone could see it.
Argh.

gradster1's picture

Oh my gods.

Apparently my dad had a google tracker on my name, and found me a while ago.

I wouldn't have minded so much if I had told him myself, but now I'm being monitored... That changes it a bit.

Werg. This is annoying.

/gradster(1)/ - writing

http://nmhwu.wordpress.com/ - a new post on politics? *gasp*

Poet_Jessica's picture

haha my dad does that for my

haha my dad does that for my facebook.

it does change things.
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Last night in my bed, I stared up at the stars in the sky and thought, "WHERE THE HELL IS THE CEILING?!"

hahaa i love that quote...

NonSequitur's picture

Holy...!

What does he think you do online that warrants direct supervision??
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"You poor, simple fools...thinking you could defeat me, ME, the Mistress of All Evil!"

Poet_Jessica's picture

accidental post

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Last night in my bed, I stared up at the stars in the sky and thought, "WHERE THE HELL IS THE CEILING?!"

hahaa i love that quote...

gradster1's picture

Werg

I don't know...

/gradster(1)/ - don't ask

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Special's picture

My parents demand to know

My parents demand to know all my passwords, except ywp, cuz that's all open anywho, and my teacher put my published piece on the door to the hall, but that's not too bad

i guess, it's not really my super fear like other people....

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"I've decided that as long as I was going to Hell,
I might as well do it thoroughly."
-Edward Cullen, Twilight

Err.... they can track

Err.... they can track you...o damn...

NonSequitur's picture

I'm very open about most of

I'm very open about most of my stuff -my parents read it anyway, and give me feedback, so I don't care if they find it here. I don't post anything I wouldn't mind being read.

But I understand how aggravating it could be, if you didn't want it read.
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"You poor, simple fools...thinking you could defeat me, ME, the Mistress of All Evil!"

Special's picture

My parents never check the

My parents never check the ywp site anyway

if they did though, some stuff is fine to everyone else but they'd flip out, my parents are....
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"I've decided that as long as I was going to Hell,
I might as well do it thoroughly."
-Edward Cullen, Twilight

I care if my parents read my

I care if my parents read my s tuff, some of it happens to be rather dark i'd probably end up in counseling if they did read it..so tht better not happen.

"happiness shines in a cirle of ponies"..words to live by!

miss_literal's picture

Yeah, there should be a

Yeah, there should be a parent-blocker for these kinds of sites, haha

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~miss lit~

Poet_Jessica's picture

agreed. _____________________

agreed.
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"Fall down again Bella?"
"No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face."

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