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Writing in verse disguised my ineptitude.

Inspiration came after I'd given up.

Ink flows freely from open eyes.

Every good writer begins with a catchy introductory sentence. The best ones make some sort of general claim and proceed to back it up with statements that loosely connect it to the actual topic on which they intend to write, thus covering up the overused device that pervades modern writing. By the time a reader becomes aware of the devices, it’s too late; the device has already worked, and the reader is well into the first paragraph. A long, drawn out metaphor or simile often serves to furthe...

Brothers – that’s the theme Scott Redding finally decided upon for the yearbook. He felt that it adequately described the relationships forged over the last twelve years between the eighty-five young men who comprised his senior class. Over those twelve years, some came, and some went, but there was always a sense of family, of closeness that brought the class of 2003 together. Scott knew that his yearbook staff would approve the theme; they were his closest friends, and in a sense, his own b...