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Know Thyself
Fiction
 Created on 1-23-08
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I guess I should start by saying that I don't really know how to start this. I know that writing stories your first sentence should intrigue the reader, but also be true, else you leave the reader feeling betrayed. But, this is not a story. It's my life, all sixteen years of it, all that I have. So I guess what I'm really unsure about is whether I'm ready to do this. To put my life down on paper, make it nothing more than strings of words. If I'm ready to turn myself into a character that people cannot truly care about, because no matter what, I will never really matter to you. To you I'm not real, just as you are not real to me, and so you don't care about me. It's not your fault, not anyone's. So why am I doing this? Good question, why? I think it's so I can move on with my life, because right now I'm stuck in the past and I have to get out. Maybe it's because I so badly want to be remembered. I heard a song once, the chorus was, "Who will remember us?" Truly, who will? Our children? Surely. Our grandchildren? Possibly. Further down? Doubtful. Eventually we all, as humans die, it is sad but somewhat comforting. The fact that no matter how good or bad you are, how weak or strong, you cannot escape death. Maybe I want so to be remembered because I am so often forgotten. It seems I am invisible to most of the human race. True, I am somewhat of a nerd and shy, but when I do talk, no one listens. Perhaps there is a boring quality to my voice, perhaps I have nothing interesting to say. As with many things I do not know. Of one thing I am certain, I will write this or at least attempt it, because however unpleasent, i need to. We always find the strength to do what we need to. And yes, I want people to read it, what other reason is there to write things other than for people to read them? You write, but to what end? Yes, words can be erased and changed, but they were still written in the first place.
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You get pretty philisophical in this, and that's really good. Really interesting. Very thought provocative. But what advice you want from me really depends on why you're writting this.
If you are writing this to make sense of your life, like an autobiography, then keep going!
If you are writing a story, then you might want to pull back the tiniest amount from the "nerd" and "shy" sterotypes--at least in the opening paragraph. That's something that detracts from the tone of your first paragraph, and can easily be introduced later. In this type of story, you want to introduce stuff gradually.
Granted; all authors pour a bit of themselves into their characters: a bit of their life into their plot. But there is a difference between writing a story about a girl very similar to you and writing about yourself.
Lol. Now that I've rambled--Keep me posted! I like it! Virtual high-five.