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What is this writing journal all about? “…eventually you just have to assume you’re not good enough. That it’s really that simple, there’s not some magical reason, and the fact that you read your stuff and think, oh, yeah, no, this is good, well of course you think that, because you’re not even talented enoughContinue reading “Journal, 3/25/11”

What is this writing journal all about? They were looking at the train. “Look out! look out!”, but the whistle sounded far away, and the train barreling towards her seemed to be moving in slow motion. Zou knew she should step off the tracks, but instead, she stepped towards the train, and all at once, herContinue reading “Journal, 3/24/11”

Ms. Lindsay, the soccer coach, was standing in the door, staring at Zou and her zebra of cheese with her mouth open. Ms. Lindsay was short and sturdy, like a tree stump that had grown legs and a whistle round its neck. Behind her, the entire soccer team stood, craning to see why their coachContinue reading “Journal, 3/23/11”

What is this writing journal all about? Zou Waters turned the corner of Pine Lane with the bullies of Seabreak only twenty feet behind her. Over the wipat! wipat! wipat! of her sandals (why had she worn sandals?) she heard the whistle of the train, and thought, if she crossed the tracks before the bulliesContinue reading “Journal, 3/22/11”