As illustrated by Anne Lamott‚ author of Bird by Bird‚ first drafts are not meant to be perfect‚ but merely to begin the writing process and generate ideas that can later be perfected. Lamott attempts to eliminate the common perceptions of the writing process‚ emphasizing the need for accepting flaws of an initial draft. Written by almost all good writers‚ sloppy first drafts are a way to begin the long writing process‚ while still allowing mistakes along the way. In order to make a piece of writing
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Creative Story: A Nineties Love Story Once there were two people named Marsha and Leroy. They were madly in love with each other and their personalities were exactly alike. Marsha and Leroy were absolutely perfect for each other except for two characteristics about each of them. Marsha had a rather wealthy family and their neighborhood was on the East Side of Atlanta. Leroy had no money at all and he lived in the projects on the West Side of Atlanta. The problem wasn’t that Marsha didn’t want
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a Mockingbird is a story about a man named Atticus‚ his two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ their best friend‚ Dill‚ and what their life is like growing up in Maycomb‚ Alabama. According to Harper Lee‚ "The novel is a love story pure and simple." To Kill a Mockingbird is a love story because Atticus cares for and loves his children. The other way this novel could be considered a love story is the way Calpurnia watches over the children as a mother figure. Atticus shows that he loves Scout dearly in chapter
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A Slice of the Pie Capitalism is an economic system where owners and investors in the business of production‚ distribution and the exchange of wealth is made and is mainly maintained by private corporations and or individuals. The government is not involved‚ capitalism is based is solely on the maximization of profit. Capitalism affects the poor and low income Americans the most. Other popular economic systems such as Socialism‚ Fascisim and the system of Laissez-faire can be compared
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commenced reading until the rose - pink colour of dawn appeared. As soon as he had finished reading‚ I grabbed the book vigorously from him as I had been waiting to read it all night. Staying in bed until nightfall completely bundled up in the French story of love and miracles definitely quenched my thirst‚ which first sparked when Luo and I questioned Four - Eyes’s suitcase. Reading relentlessly in awe had me realize the subjects that had been hidden from me such as “awakening desires‚ passion‚ impulsive
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the context of the story of Ramayana‚ duty‚ or dharma‚ has a more specific interpretation. Dharma is a set of laws or principles carried out with the purpose of creating social and religious order in the society. In this story of Ramayana‚ many times this duty conflicts with other values or personal desires‚ forcing characters to compare the choices of following the dharma or fulfilling another human value. Within the context of the relationship between Rama and Sita in the story "The Ramayana of
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A LOVE STORY WITH A BITTERSWEET ENDING Broken Promise Not all love stories have their happy endings! One day‚ there was a girl named Natalia who loved someone far away from her. She loved Ken so much. Their relationship was like a roller-coaster ride. They didn’t see each other always. Days have passed and Natalia met a new guy. It was on June 2009‚ classes started. Natalia went to school and they had a new classmate who transfered to their school. The guy named Nathan came from a far
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the short story and film of “The Birds”. The short story was written by Daphne du Maurier and the film was directed by Hitchcock. The plot of the story is about flocks of birds who have started to behave in a weird way and begin attacking humans. In the short story of “The Birds” the main characters consisted of the Hockens family. The story took place in the 1950s in a rural area of England. The way the birds first attacked in the short story wasn’t very serious‚ only couple birds swooped down
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two years‚ I succeeded in getting the attention of the mainstream media. The story of Love Canal became a national sensation‚ spurring groups of environmental activists into action‚ enabling those whose voices weren’t heard to rise up‚ and giving other towns like Love Canal hope. We’d petitioned and rallied and dealt with the crushing force of journalists when they smell a story‚ all so that President Carter would grant Love Canal a federal state of emergency. People said I was crazy‚ but the dump that
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Abelito Sanchez‚ accompanied by Clorinda Chávez and Shirley Cantel. The four of us were in ninth grade. We were fifeen years old. We unsaddled and staked out our horses. Momentarily‚ we began enjoying ourselves. There was so much to say. Questions. Jokes. So much laughter to resume. Now I shudder to remember it. How beautiful was that moment! We were young. We knew how to love and how to sing. Without alcohol‚ without drugs‚ without uncouth vulgarities. When Abrán arrived‚ we ate. I had a tasty‚ delicious-smelling
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