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Question Details: I think this is a pretty average writing sample of mine. Not my best and not my worst either. It's a character sketch I had to do in my creative writing class. Writing is something I'd like to pursue in some extent in the future. And I'm wondering if you think that in the future, if I keep practicing and getting better, that I could possibly make it in the writing world?

Voices refract their way against the walls, up the stairs, and in between the slightly ajar door.
“Coming,” she yells, but she doesn’t mean now.
Sitting in front of the vanity fixed-up from a garage sale, she adds one more layer of lime green eye-shadow above the smooth black line framing her eyes, to retouch the make-up she did earlier this morning. It matches some of the lines running through the collared shirt she is wearing, and perfectly counters the purple skinny jeans on her thin legs.
“Come on, Jamie, or we’ll leave without you,” says another voice from downstairs.
She pulls her favorite light pink lip-gloss out of the wooden draw that it calls a home. And smoothly pulls the wand out of the shimmering pink, and lightly and evenly applies it to her pink lips.
Jamie walks across the floor covered in clothes and the grid of shoes filling the once empty floor space, she’s careful not to step on anything. She runs the flat iron that had already been on through her already straight hair again in attempt to get the side bangs just right—damn cowlick. After turning it off, she puts it back exactly in its place, on the blue table in front of her jewelry, not turned on a side.
Returning to the row of shoes that lines a portion of her floor, she slips her orange-socked feet into her newer pair of Nikes; they look as if they were made specifically for this outfit: black purple, green, and white. She does a good job at keeping them clean, even her older pair of Nikes look like new still.
She turns off the Motion City Soundtrack she had on, and has been listening to religiously for about a week (it should be changing to something else soon, maybe her sister’s last favorite). She dumps her blue iPod nano and cheetah print covered cell phone into her black coach bag, and ducks down slightly to catch herself one last time in her mirror before walking out her door and guiding it to be perfectly closed as it should be every single time she leaves her room.
Heading down the beige carpet mountain of stairs, Jamie lets more yells slide past her, because now, she really is coming. Her eyes follow her down some of the stairs as she gets one more chance to see her reflection in a mirror. Everything looks the same, but it could have been better, if only she had more time…
“It took you long enough” she hears her mom say, but she just heads to the green-ish SUV sitting in the garage.
She sits shotgun in her mom’s car: the position of music control, if Mom is willing to put up with what she chooses. Going through the Dark Romantics (because Mom no longer liked it, like she seemed to last night), the car settles on Jason Mraz, and she sings along to “Geek in the Pink,” a favorite of hers.
As they pull up into the parking spot, Jamie checks her reflection in the side mirror. Why did the windows have to be open on the drive? She closed hers, but the gusting still rustled her hair. She gets out of the car and straightens her hair back to perfect in the reflection of the tinted back windows.
This will have to do.
The purpose of this assignment was just to develop a character, I'm aware it lacks with a good story line. This is just a sample I'm okay with sharing.
In more of my longer pieces, there is more plot development and it allows description to be spread out more.
The point of this was to be descripitive and create a character.
The girl is a bit of perfection.

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Answer by Calvin
Wow! You put so much details in this character and what she does every single second. But if you're going to try to amaze your readers with one page of words, I'm afraid this won't do because it doesn't capture the reader's attention to want to continue reading about Jamie as there is nothing happening to her yet.

But if you're writing for the purpose of developing a character into his/her personality and character then this will do.

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Question Details: The 1969 Vikings, 1981 Chargers, 1988 Bengals, 1990 Bills, and 1998 Vikings have all had their stories told as poignant stories of special teams that could have/would have/should have won an SB ring. But who should be in future series?
It seems the series is meant to convey the disappointment of missing a team's only chance (s) to win it all.

Teams that lost a SB before or after winning are obvious exclusions, since there is little reason to feel sorry for them, like the
1966 Chiefs (won in 1969)
1968 Colts (won in 1970)
1970 and 1975 Cowboys (1971 and 1977)
1971 Dolphins (1972 and 1973)
1983 Redskins (1982)
1997 Packers (1996)
2001 Rams (1999)

So as I see it, future choices should be teams that appeared (to themselves, the media and fans) as having a real shot at winning, and for whatever reason came up short.
This would eliminate the following teams whose blowout defeat seemed preordained.

1989 Broncos (55-10)
1985 Patriots (46-10)
1994 Chargers (49-26)
1998 Falcons (34-19)

The Bengals have already had their 1988 story told, which lessens the interest for the 1981 team which lost to San Francisco, since some of the same players got that second chance.

The 1990 Bills have been done, a story which effectively encapsules their increasingly bad performances in the subsequent three SB losses.

More recent SB losers have not had enough time in the collective memory to become sentimental, nostalgic cinderellas stories, if they ever will. This would eliminate

2002 Raiders
2004 Eagles
2006 Bears
2008 Cardinals

This leaves the following choices which I think meet the intended criteria for the show, special teams who had memorable seasons surprising their fans and the NFL, who seemed to have a real shot at a SB victory which would have been the perfect icing on the cake for a team who had turned it around, or at least taken the NFL by storm for that year.

1972 Redskins > George Allen's Over the Hill Gang fit this mold perfectly, electrifying the nation's capital after a quarter century of futility, and one playoff season. They played the Dolphins tough too.

1980 Eagles > Championship starved Philly loved this blue collar team of overachievers, especially after they beat hated Dallas in the NFC Title Game. But their loss had a lot to do with playing poorly against a well-coached Raiders team.

1977 Broncos > Broncomania was unforgettable that season, after 18 years of losing. It wasn't a foregone conclusion they would get beaten so badly, as they played the Cowboys tough in the regular season (14-6).

1984 Dolphins > Dan Marino's first and only SB shot, a remarkable season (14-2) with a record breaking passing attack, the Fins looked like an unstoppable machine coming to Stanford stadium.

Any other suggestions for a "Missing Rings" team episode?

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Answer by Midway 56
Missing rings? How about the story of the 2007 New England Patriots, 3 time Super Bowl champ in the decade, perfect season in hand and a lead in the fourth quarter of the Super bowl. A heart breaking loss to the NY Giants who were not supposed to win that game,

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Question Details: Author: Jeremy M. Wiley
Cyborg
Chapter 1
The day I lost my humanity

The day I lost my humanity was like most other days. I was just a regular black kid going to school and coming back. I didn’t have any idea what was going to happen to me that day………………………..
“Mom I’m going to school!” I screamed, notifying her that I was going to school.
“Ok honey be careful and don’t act a fool at school.” She said. I was 17 years old in my last year of high school. I was a good student, I got my grades and I played sports too. Life was fun for me, except for one thing. I lived on the wrong side of California, and with all of the gangs, drugs, and criminal activities going on down here. I had a lot to influence me. But I couldn’t do that to my mom; she was the only thing I had left. I stood their waiting at the bus stop. A car drove by blasting music. The windows were tinted so I couldn’t tell who was in the car. The car stopped in front of me I started to run but a familiar face looked out of the window. Smoke arose out the window hitting my nose like a train. The smell was potent it agitated my nose.
“What up my man?” It was my cousin Drew, he was no good. He called himself a gangster and followed that life style. Me and him broke ties a long time ago.
“Nothing much, I’m just waiting to go to school.” I said.
“Man come ride with me.” He asked.
“What? I got school man.” I said to him.
“What? The Calvin I used to know would kill to run with me.” Drew informed.
“Well the “Calvin” you used to know has changed.” I said.
“Aight then lil cuz go get yo education.” He said laughing as he drove off. Shortly after my confrontation with Drew, the bus came and I went to school. I reported to first period class. I took my seat in the class room as class started.
“Good morning seniors.” Mrs. Lain address the class. “Well if you didn’t know there are only 3 weeks of school left and you are set for the rest of your life. These last 3 weeks are going to be hardcore math so please pull out your books please.” The classed disapproved with facial expressions and remarks.
“Man I ain’t doing this shit.” One of my classmates said.
“Mr. Darin would please respect me and close your mouth!” She screamed at him.
“What? Bitch you don’t tell me what to do!” He got up and walked toward her. I got up in front of him.
“Man just chill and sit down it ain’t even that serious.” I said as I put my hand on his chest.
“Get your damn hand off of me.” He said as he moved my hand away roughly and pushed me extremely hard. I recoiled, by grabbing him by his collar and slammed his head onto the desk.
“Do you really want this problem?” I asked him in his ear. He didn’t say anything. I let him go. He stared at me for the longest.
“Yo this shit ain’t over bitch nigga!” He said as he walked out.
“Well that was very brave Mr. Johnson I will make sure he is wrote up and dealt with.” She said.
“No problem Mrs. Lain.” I said. School went by fast and I went to the gym as I usually do to workout and train for boxing.

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“C’mon Calvin hit me with your best shot.” Joe screamed. I hit the two pads on his hand continuously. Joe was my boxing coach and my mentor, I loved boxing. I always liked to box because it is fun and kept me in shape.
“Good! Now give me a right hook!” He ordered. I executed a right hook. “That’s what I’m talking about!” Joe took the pads off of his hands. “Practice is over for today it’s getting late.” He said as he looked at his watch. “Matter of fact its dark outside you better get home before Mrs. Johnson has a fit.”
“Yes sir.” I said.
“Don’t forget you got a big boxing match Saturday.” He told me I left out of the gym. I started to walk home. Vrooooom!!!! A car engine revved. I turned around. Bright car lights shined in my eyes. The car was about a block away from me. I paid it no attention and continue to walk home. I heard tires screech the car took off. I turned around again noticing that the car was coming after me. I spilt, running fast as I could. I dashed through yards, onto porches and even I jumped fences. Who could this be chasing me I haven’t done nothing to nobody. But then again people around here didn’t need a reason. I finally ran out in the open street dashing home. I didn’t see the car anymore I thought I had got away. I stood their panting I was exhausted from all of the running. The car swerved around the block. I instantly began to run. POW!!!!! POW!!!!!! POW!!!!!!!!! Multiple gun shots were fired. All I can remember was my legs just giving out. My face slammed into the concrete. Blood had spilled on the street. Agonizing pain surged through my legs. I resorted to crawling. The car stopped beside me. A car door slammed. A foot blocked my vision. I slowly looked up.
“I told you I was gonna get you didn’t? Look at you. Yo punkass can’t even move.” Darin said. He pulled his bandana down from his mouth revealing himself. “Go to hell Calvin.” I turned away. He put
this part was cut out.
He put the pistol close to my face. POW!!!! POW!!!!! POW!!!!! POW!!!!!! I was thought I was dead. My entire life flashed before me. I just knew it was the end. Somehow I remained alive. I blanked out. I woke up in a hospital bed. Amazingly I was still alive but I couldn’t move or say a word. The only thing I could do was listen. I listened to the people conversing over me.
“Yes his physical statue is perfect. He will be a great test subject.” I heard a man’s voice but I couldn’t see him.
“No this is a human being, he is not meant to be some prototype!” Another voice spoke.
“You are under me! I want this boy in the test subject room and you testing on him!” The man shouted.
“Yes sir.” The other man replied. i tried to move but it was no use.
@breezyleeme thanx

and here's the complete chapter.

http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/16790984/cyborg

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Answer by breezyleeme
I think it is really visual. I could see everything in my head. I pictured gangsters and the hood.
I like Calvin! I'm glad he lived through it.
Oh, gosh..wtf he is going to be tested on! This makes me want to know more about the people who have him trapped and what they are going to do to him.

It's chapter one...are you going to continue with the story?

I hope you do.

Nice job!

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Question Details: carries a coach purse,wears flip flops and jeans, and has a cute collar shirt (i.e. hollister,a&f,ruehl and so on).
what do these items tell you about a girl?

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Answer by Collin S
.....um....not much. she likes flip flops i guess XD

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Answer by Phil M
I think its sickening they actually showed one of the planes hitting the tower in their ad.....

talk about fear mongering.....jesus christ people, if someone wants to kill you badly enough, they will. Its that simple. There is NOTHING you can do to stop it short of winning in the heat of the moment of the attack....

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