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The Kid

May 22, 2013
By RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner


Look up at that wall of quotes kid, pick one to fuel the fire in your young heart. Everyone's been where you're at now and yet you're feeling useless and doubting everything that you are. Writing in a notebook when you're supposed to be studying for that important test tomorrow. You'll scramble in the morning, won't you, battling the sleep that tries to bog you down.
What's the problem? Hate your peers, your teachers and all the family that doesn't call and never really did? Then you've got it, the job is yours. You can be a writer, just step inside and we'll show you around. Soon enough, your every thought is going to be poured onto paper.
You'll feel scared at first, afraid to show your true feelings, you're a fish out of water. You've always kept a straight face, it's a clean slate, nothing gets to you, right? Nah, you're all jelly inside, aren't you? You're screaming to be heard while everyone else only hears a peep, a sigh. Your heart is like everyone else's except that you were born with it broken and everything hurts. You'll go on, you'll carry on like all those other kids but you're different. You see the truth in the world that other people don't. It just kills you doesn't it? You can see other people too, you're a natural X-ray and hate it.
You even lack that fire that most people live off of.
That's why we need you kid, you're not that different, you're just like us. You can join us, the ranks of the elite, the writers of the world. Sure, it's going to be a hard life for you and you might turn to some sort of destructive addiction but you'll enlighten the future generations! It'll pay off in the end, we promise. You'll love it, absolutely love it once you get over the fact that you're bound for failure in the first billion words and then it just gets harder. But once you get past that, you'll find your truth, the thing that you search for in libraries and empty notebooks. You'll be great kid, I can see it in the emptiness of your eyes.


The author's comments:
What inspired me to write this was that I have this wall of quotes and I was just glancing at it right before I was about to write about something completely different when the thought hit me. I just started to write as fast as I could without any sort of direction at all. I hope that people enjoy it and I hope that they understand that we've all went through this as writers, the doubts and the feeling of anxiety before you really get into the flow of writing.

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on May. 29 2013 at 9:30 am
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner

Thank you so much! Finally, someone has some criticism that I can act on! I love getting both constructive criticism and approval, it makes me stronger as a writer! Thank you!

None0 BRONZE said...
on May. 28 2013 at 11:17 pm
None0 BRONZE, Bellevue, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 96 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Believe in the ideal, not the idol." - Serra

This captured my thoughts on society nearly spot-on.   But since I don't judge on content (because ideas are variable between people), I'll just say, you have some awkward phrasing in the first third of the story, and some of your adjectives sound a little misplaced. Other than those minor errors, the piece is very well written.

on May. 28 2013 at 8:48 pm
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner

Thank you! I love getting comments, I get to see all the good thoughts of my other Teenink members!!

on May. 28 2013 at 8:47 pm
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner

Thank you so much! It was a real spur of the moment writing thing and I haven't edited it at all so yeah, that's probably why it doesn't have the amount of effort that my poems have. Thank you for saying that I'm skilled, it means a lot!

on May. 28 2013 at 8:27 pm
nautiicaled BRONZE, Elk Grove, California
1 article 0 photos 28 comments
Hello! I'm glad to see you're writing. You're skilled much like most writers on here. I enjoyed reading however I have read some of your other pieces and can see the advances in your writing. I'd say this piece has a great theme yet doesn't appear to have as much effort put into it as some of your poetry. I agree though you have great potential!  Regardless of my opinions, wonderful piece bravo :)

on May. 28 2013 at 7:00 pm
GuardianoftheStars GOLD, Shongaloo, Louisiana
17 articles 0 photos 495 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let's tell young people the best books are yet to be written; the best painting, the best government, the best of everything is yet to be done by them."
-John Erslcine

Very good. I love the hope in the hopelessness. It was very good.

on May. 28 2013 at 3:44 pm
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner

Thank you so much! I can't even explain in words how your comment made me feel!! I am so happy to see that people actually think that I have writing potential and believe in me! Thank you so much!

on May. 28 2013 at 3:38 pm
LexusMarie PLATINUM, Las Cruces, New Mexico
27 articles 0 photos 423 comments

Favorite Quote:
The more control you have over yourself, the less control others have over you.

Hey there! From your two poems I saw a lot of potential in your poetry skills and in this story I see potential here, too. You have a lot of talent that is clearly shown throughout all of your work I read and I am excited to read more. You have written something very relatable and not just for anyone but for us, for the writers. And we understand you and the problems you go through as a writer. You did a great job on this, I know what you mean, and in the end I felt relief because I know what it's like writing so much and just erasing it all.. but it feels so good to get past the hard part. Bravo.

on May. 28 2013 at 2:16 pm
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner

Thanks BookNerd35!! Appreciated as always!! 

on May. 28 2013 at 2:03 pm
BookNerd35 GOLD, Herod, Illinois
10 articles 1 photo 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say, 'watch me.' -unknown

Amazing as always!!