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since: 08-01-05, id: 488391, Profile Updated: 04-10-12
country: USA
Author has written 23 stories for Action, Young Adult, Essay, Religion, Spiritual, Friendship, War, Life, Love, Play, and General.

Basics

Name: Jean
Age: 20
Location: U.S.
Religion: Christian, Discordian
Education: A.A. degree from community college, creative writing (poetry) degree in progress at a university

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Interests/Activities: writing and reading, bicycling, languages (especially Russian), long walks and conversations with a friend, debating with an intelligent opponent, music, kung fu, arnis/escrima/kali, Parkour, playing imagination games, rock climbing, trying new things
Favorite Book: The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk

Influential Poets: Boris Pasternak, Stephen Dobyns, Randall Jarrell, Tony Hoagland, Carolyn Forche, more


1. Automatic Door reviews
Written for my creative writing fiction class. We had to blindly pick an item from a bag-I grabbed a salt shaker-and write a story about someone who stole it.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 878 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-27-10
2. Aglet
at school i noticed how there were so many people sitting like me on benches along the hallway, but none of us were interacting. the isolation was powerful until i realized i have the power to de-isolate myself from someone else... but only if i choose to
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Published: 2-7-10 - Complete
3. Purple Pineapple reviews
a surrealist story about a purple pineapple that is excommunicated to the moon for being purple. inspiration from a friend.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 364 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-24-09
4. Right to Cross
done, but still being edited. a neopostmodern play that is intended to be performed seemingly spontaneously in a public setting. inspired by works by Stoppard and especially Beckett.
Fiction: Play - Rated: K+ - English - Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,360 - Published: 1-5-09
5. Mystery
short fiction piece about a fleeting meeting with a stranger. no plot really. kind of a character sketch, i suppose.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,236 - Published: 12-27-08 - Complete
6. When Curiosity Died reviews
a poem that wouldn't let me sleep until i finished writing it
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-27-08 - Complete
7. B is for Biguous
A sestina. No one ever asks, "What shade of sea foam green?" because it's completely unambiguous.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 411 - Published: 11-26-08 - Complete
8. WHO SAID reviews
best read in a belligerent tone. emphasize the "who said"s. this is my poem #3 for creative writing, originally written kind of just for fun. and yes, it's about someone specific.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 230 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-11-08 - Complete
9. Boulevard of Broken Bottles reviews
i ride my bike on that sidewalk six times a week, going one way or the other, and there is broken glass all over the ground. since broken glass is the current theme of my writing, this poem was born.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-24-08 - Complete
10. What Makes Glass Break
A short story for my creative writing class. A man in prison.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,435 - Published: 9-30-08 - Complete
11. Sacrifice »
A kind of flash fiction character sketch assignment for Creative Writing.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,684 - Updated: 9-12-08 - Published: 9-5-08 - Complete
12. No Path in the Woods reviews
Metaphorical stories to show where I am right now in my spiritual journey.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 364 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-5-08
13. Civilizations reviews
a old poem I wrote,challenging myself by using a lot of 13-letter words
Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-4-08 - Complete
14. Heartbeat reviews
a dual poem, same meter, same pattern, different endings.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-1-08 - Complete
15. Death reviews
My innermost thoughts, because I feel the need to share them with the world. It seems morbid that I'm writing this. I feel myself getting defensive. Death sounds morbid to me. That's not fair. The world I live in has cheated death of its nobility. R&R
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 458 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-2-08 - Complete
16. One or Many » reviews
my NaNoWriMo novel, being uploaded piece by piece as I read through it
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,771 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 5-16-08
17. Unconstitutional Interpretation reviews
An essay I wrote for my argumentative English class, on the topic of the Constitutional basis for the separation between church and state in the United States.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,621 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-22-08 - Complete
18. Lost Souls reviews
A poem I wrote in March 2005.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 365 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-16-08 - Complete
19. Revolutionary Ideas reviews
A research paper on the Declaration of Independence, written for my homeschool U.S. History class.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,216 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-16-08 - Complete
20. The Omelasian Ideal reviews
This is the essay I wrote in 2 hours for my final exam in Argumentative English. It is a literary argument about "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," a short story by Ursula Le Guin.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,583 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-16-08 - Complete
21. Banned Books reviews
An essay I wrote for my Expository Writing class at Wake Tech. It's in the form of a letter to overprotective parents who take book restriction too far.
Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,112 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-16-08 - Complete
22. PROJECT reviews
Searching for her place in the world, Andrea volunteers to be one of eight people who will do relief work in Meneser, a fictional developing nation. After becoming involved with a rebel group, she sees hope for reversing the trend toward poverty and despair.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,386 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-16-08
23. Truth Bringer »
This is a story I started when I was younger. The files were still on my computer, so I decided to finally upload it. It's incomplete, but maybe one day I'll finish it. Enjoy!
Fiction: Action - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 4 - Words: 13,040 - Published: 5-16-08