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I may overreact sometimes.

One moment the world may look like everything had turned against me and nothing will ever get better...

In fact, it's not that grave in reality.

I often see it meanwhile.

Sometimes I don't. Then I'll throw all this energy at those who can transform it into some ridiculous exaggeration.

So let me set the stage. It’s outdoor recess and there’s snow. I’m helping my younger friends make a snow fort. Soon, some guys in my class come up and start destroying the fort. I ask them to leave but they just stay. We move and try to make another fort, but they come and destroy that too. I lose my temper and yell out swearing.

The guys tell on me to the security guard. However, I’m known as the ‘good kid’ to the security guards. The security guard says that if I swore, I had a good reason.

But that’s not all!

I’m working on the snow fort again. The guys come over and one pours soda on it. I start swearing again. They leave cause some more of my friends came to back me up.

But I’m still angry. I throw a piece of ice. As you know, I’m a terrible shot. But I hit my classmate’s back (We’re friends now don’t worry!). He falls over. The security guard comes over and I explain that I lost my temper and apologize to my classmate. 

I get away scot-free and the guys are in trouble for being mean.

Morning Pages 

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the only way to write is to write.  

Writing definitely gets the word juices flowing. If you can’t write your book. Write a diary. Write a poem. Write short stories. Use the characters in your book if you like. It’s up to you. Write a description of your bedroom. Write how it feels to fall. Write something.Write anything. And think. Think about your book. Read. Read about things you want to write about. Write a description of the person you’d like to become. Write like people watching.... But don’t simply observe and imagine their stories, actually write them.