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Tag Archives: flawed characters

Factory Frogs

October 2, 2015Fiction, Teacher Writingcancer, environment, flawed characters, flawed story, the media, this needs to be made longer, too much telling and not enough showingrcjockers

It was a cold and wet November day when a family friend who was also a doctor told Tyler Burbank he had about one year left to live. He was twelve. He’d most likely die before doing the things kids his age fantasize about doing once they are full-on teenagers; the disease in his blood … Continue reading Factory Frogs →

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Brother Blind Movie Trailer

November 20, 2013Fiction, Home, Movie Trailers, Storyboard That, Student Writing, Uncategorized, Wordle#awesome people so kewl, #brother, #dad, #family, #frank so cool, #grief, #ian so cool, #love, #lukas so cool, #mom, #pauladeen, #scary, #yeahmate, awesome, Big Sis Help, cancer, Cousin, death, dog, falling, fear, Fiction, first post, flawed characters, football, fun, future, goodbyes, hkms, Mindless, moving, New York City, news media, period2, pollution, Problems, read this, Sad, short story, Summer, welcomeFlare
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I want to read it!
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Loved It
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