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"The Star"

by LindsayB

"The Star" by H.G. Wells Published in 1897   It was on the first day of the New Year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all t...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1214 views | Historical Fiction | February 6, 2017

"The Boarding House"

by LindsayB

"The Boarding House" by James Joyce Published in 1914   MRS. MOONEY was a butcher's daughter. She was a woman who was quite able to keep things to herself: a determined woman. She had married her father's foreman and opened a...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 830 views | Historical Fiction | February 6, 2017

"10 fun facts about the brain"

by keertikalluru

10 fun facts about the brain: Your brain consumes 20% of your oxygen but accounts for only 2% of your body mass. Your brain can generate 10-25 watts of power. That’s enough to power a light bulb! Your brai...

9 Likes | 2 comments | 2304 views | Narrative Nonfiction | February 6, 2017

"So, You Want to Be a Grant Writer?"

by briscoem

By and large, many people need grant money. Whether it’s a college senior seeking grant money for their Master’s, a principal seeking more funds for their school, or a non-profit looking to start a new program, this person will have to...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 1001 views | Essays | February 4, 2017

"Finding Motivation in Internship Programs"

by briscoem

by Moriah Briscoe A month ago, you looked at internship programs and were accepted by a company. At the time, you were more than excited to begin. Today, it’s safe to say that your motivation has waned and is almost nonexistent. At th...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 1152 views | Essays | February 4, 2017

"How to Choose a Veterinarian that Meets Your Needs"

by lynnser418

Choosing your pet’s veterinarian is an important decision; they should be someone you can trust and someone that listens to your concerns. The veterinarian must have the needed educational background to either perform the proper examinati...

1 Like | 0 comment | 994 views | Essays | February 1, 2017

"Bucket List for the Known Traveler"

by lynnser418

Traveling is much more than adventure it is about discovering new cultures and creating meaningful relationships. It is something nobody can take and...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 986 views | Essays | February 1, 2017

"10 Books to Consider Reading to Become a Better Writer"

by lynnser418

Writing is a complicated process. Whether you’re looking to be a scriptwriter or write your own novel, there are massive obstacles you need to learn to overcome. Books are a big part of learning and gathering information that can benefit...

3 Likes | 2 comments | 1069 views | Essays | February 1, 2017

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

by Conan54321

The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe. True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --...

1 Like | 0 comment | 730 views | Legend | January 29, 2017

"How to Format Dialogue"

by LindsayB

There’s a lot of nuances about dialogue that make it really difficult to master: where to put the quotation marks, when to indent and when to not, how to indicate who’s talking, etc. Hopefully these tips will help you out.  ...

2 Likes | 1 comment | 2366 views | Information | January 27, 2017

"Haven"

by dbtk

Even now at the end of the day when all seemed to be finished and she might finally relax into the cushions that peace still eluded her. Her back remained stiff, her face tight, and her mind stuck in an endless pattern of remembering. Her d...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1404 views | Realistic Fiction | January 26, 2017

"Out with the Old"

by dbtk

Today is my 87th birthday. Exactly three years before I plan to die - I am a stickler for even numbers, and 88 is just too young - and fifty years since I stopped keeping track of my age. I was only reminded of this unpleasant fa...

1 Like | 1 comment | 1020 views | Realistic Fiction | January 26, 2017

"Creative Writing Topics"

by medvesm

I love to write, but sometimes it can be difficult to brainstorm what I would like to write about. Creativity is key in writing, so I have developed a list of topics for anyone that shares this same issue of not always knowing how to get s...

3 Likes | 2 comments | 1145 views | Information | January 25, 2017

"Writing Tips and Techniques"

by LindsayB

Here are some writing tips and techniques to help creative writers improve their writing. A lot of these tips can be applied to academic writing as well, but it is geared toward creative writers. 1. Write. Write as often as you can, everyw...

6 Likes | 3 comments | 1031 views | Information | January 24, 2017

"Endangered Fauna"

by keertikalluru

In today’s world, development has become destruction. Not for mankind but for the other beautiful species who share the earth with us. The Red List: According to research compiled by the IUNC (World Conservation Union), almost on...

1 Like | 0 comment | 876 views | Narrative Nonfiction | January 23, 2017

"Revolution"

by keertikalluru

As I sit deep in thought, I think about what all we’ve got. God let us humans be, To mold the world to the best you see. He has already provided us with the most, And he himself came as a host. Forests of pretty, lush green, Mounta...

4 Likes | 4 comments | 1673 views | Poetry | January 23, 2017

"The Hurricane"

by keertikalluru

Hues of amber and ruby illuminated the horizon, the entire city basking in the warmth of the last few golden rays of light. I stood on the front porch, quietly sipping my tea while marveling at the sun’s artwork. The warm shades were grad...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1023 views | Short Stories | January 23, 2017

"How To: Prep for the Next Semester Over Break"

by bishounentime

We made it, everyone; it’s the home stretch. The end of the Spring Semester means Summer Break, and many of us are already purchasing plane tickets, pulling out the Tupperware containers of summer clothes, or writing an automatic e-mail r...

1 Like | 1 comment | 1067 views | Essays | January 21, 2017

"How To: Finals"

by bishounentime

The end of the spring semester has rolled around once again, and no one is safe from the deadly clutches of—drumroll, please—FINALS WEEK. Never mind all your normal homework assignments, never mind your quizzes, never mind all the readi...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1048 views | Essays | January 21, 2017

"A Place For Passions"

by Navid13

Written by Michael T. Banker Four. That’s how many suicide attempts it took to get me committed to Pleasant Gardens, where I scratched at my wrists and tried not to look at my older brother Pete standing a...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1070 views | Short Stories | January 20, 2017

"A Pretty Quarrel"

by Navid13

Written by Lord Dunsany On one of those unattained, and unattainable pinnacles that are known as the Bleaks of Eerie, an eagle was looking East with a hopeful pres...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1094 views | Short Stories | January 20, 2017

"The Mirror With Six Faces"

by Navid13

Written by David Glen Larson Ruben felt different the moment he awoke, but wasn’t sure until he looked in the mirror. There was the confirmation. The eyes looking back weren’t his, yet he recognized them...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 1125 views | Short Stories | January 20, 2017

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

by Conan54321

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot. Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retrea...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1230 views | Poetry | January 18, 2017

"What Madness"

by Conan54321

I heard a tale once of a man who lost everything; his family, his fortune, his home and his health. He found himself covered in sores from head to toe, scraping his skin with a piece of broken pottery, sitting in the ashes of everything h...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1042 views | Short Stories | January 14, 2017

"Measuring Student Success"

by medvesm

Success can be measured not just in terms of academics but also in personal growth. I imagine my potential group of students will come from very challenging circumstances and backgrounds providing unique personal and academic needs. Academi...

1 Like | 1 comment | 893 views | Prose | January 11, 2017

"Early Morning"

by Conan54321

I try to drift off But the light says otherwise Glowing bright through the window Flashing with the sway of the blinds Eyes closed, I can still see it Bleeding red and orange through my eyelids Through the veil of skin and...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1404 views | Poetry | January 10, 2017

"Chutes and Ladders"

by keertikalluru

Six possibilities are there, Roll the dice if you dare, Land on a slide, a ladder or an empty space, We'll watch the expressions on your face. It's my turn to roll, I'm six spaces from winning, The dice feels like coal, My head is sp...

3 Likes | 3 comments | 1943 views | Poetry | January 8, 2017

"The Empty House"

by keertikalluru

Silence. Overwhelming silence. It seemed as if the whole woods was holding its breath, waiting for Grace to be captured. She crouched behind a shabby, dehydrated shrub that offered no protection at all. Luck was definitely not on her side....

3 Likes | 0 comment | 1171 views | Short Stories | January 8, 2017

"White Fire"

by wwalker57

The bitter night took control of Conner. His insomnia had reached a new level, and it was something that could not be defined or helped. Instead of being in the warm comforts of his bed, Derek found himself wandering the woods without a tho...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1020 views | Realistic Fiction | January 6, 2017

"Identity Crisis"

by wwalker57

The Third Man, a chapter from Brown: The Last Discovery of America, written by Ri...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1225 views | Historical Fiction | January 6, 2017

"The Castle in the Trees: The shift from the medieval pleasance to the Arcadian pastoral (An Introduction)"

by echeslow

As England saw a shift from medieval to early modern, it also saw a shift in representations of enclosed natural spaces, particularly forest spaces. Within the tradition of idealizing Nature and representing it as a space separate from the...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1383 views | Essays | January 5, 2017

"Crossing the Street with Kate Sheppard"

by echeslow

In 1893, the New Zealand government granted the vote to women, becoming the first country to do so on a global scale. For most of the rest of the world, including the United States, women had to fight for many more years before their rights...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1716 views | Essays | January 5, 2017

"Man"

by Conan54321

My name can be heard in the sound of rain; It’s burned into the wall with Promethean fire. I know a thousand kinds of pain, And all of them begin with primal desire.   We were made for the muck and mire; Born of blood and morta...

4 Likes | 3 comments | 1407 views | Poetry | December 29, 2016

"To Dance"

by LindsayB

Around and round we go again, dancing with our painted delusions as the rain pours down our faces: it’s in our eyes, in our mouths, in our lungs, and it fills us until we are no more than buckets of water—pure—and I’m scared; I duck...

2 Likes | 5 comments | 1334 views | Prose | December 28, 2016

"A Child’s Home"

by LindsayB

By no stretch of the imagination could this house be considered a home. A home is made up of warm meals, bedtime stories, and family game nights. My house is made up of rotting wood, scurrying rats, and growing mildew. A home is packed with...

1 Like | 1 comment | 1576 views | Short Stories | December 28, 2016

"Grape"

by LindsayB

In the third grade, our science teacher gave us a clump of colorless clay to mold into a planet. Pluto, as it was still considered a planet back then, was assigned to me, and I understandably felt gypped, because Pluto was the runt of the s...

2 Likes | 1 comment | 1211 views | Short Stories | December 28, 2016

"Determining Fair Use: Purpose and Character"

by fairuse1

Purpose & character is one of the factors to determine Fair Use. Fair Use is in favor of: teaching, personal, reseach and transformative. According to the U.S. Copyright office the purpose will be weighed against the other factors of: n...

1 Like | 0 comment | 980 views | Information | December 19, 2016

"New ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 3 Spoilers Tease Game"

by edmundstoll6

As for that series, three members within the cast already been elevated to regular cast member status for season four. As mentioned by Sp...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1787 views | Essays | December 18, 2016

"Grit"

by rsimmons2025

Grit He felt sick. The rank stench of sweat and urine drove into his nose. Bile and bits of food crept up his throat, reaching for a handhold. He forced it back and swallowed. T...

2 Likes | 1 comment | 1336 views | Short Stories | December 17, 2016

"Determining Fair Use: Amount and substantiality of the portion used"

by fairuse1

Quanitity of copyrighted material is considered in the court when judging fair use. Even though under certain circumstances an entire copyrighted content has been seen as fair. Yet not all limited copyright material can be under fair use...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1061 views | Information | December 17, 2016

"A Fratricide"

by pdomain1

Written by Franz Kafka The evidence shows that this is how the murder was committed: Schmar, the murderer, took up his post about nine o’clock one night in clear moonlight by the corner where Wese, his...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 1390 views | Short Stories | December 16, 2016

"Mid-Autumn Moon"

by pdomain1

Written by Lani Carroll The lake was alive with lights — the lanterns on the boats, golden and round, like hundreds of miniature suns, and the moon, so heavy on the horizon that it was difficult to believe...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 1061 views | Short Stories | December 15, 2016

"The Five Boons Of Life"

by pdomain1

Written by Mark Twain Chapter I In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said: “Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others. And be wary, chose wisely; oh, choose wisely! for only one of them is valuable....

2 Likes | 0 comment | 896 views | Historical Fiction | December 14, 2016

"Romantic Getaway in Arkansas"

by lynnser418

Romantic Getaway in Arkansas Written by Sherlynn Rocha Arkansas is not your average romantic spot for a getaway, it is a place full of adventure to discover mother nature’s beauty and a place to develop your inner hiker. If y...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 1045 views | Essays | December 13, 2016

"Unique Beaches You Must See in the United States"

by lynnser418

Unique Beaches You Must See in the United States Written by Sherlynn Rocha   Summer is ri...

1 Like | 3 comments | 1127 views | Essays | December 13, 2016

"10 Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe During the Holidays"

by lynnser418

With all the holiday decorations going up, we must remember to make our homes safe for our furry friends. There may be items they may get tangled in or food they can’t have. The holidays can be a dangerous time for pets! Here are some...

1 Like | 2 comments | 1114 views | Essays | December 13, 2016

"Top 10 Reasons to Visit Thailand"

by lynnser418

  Thailand is a popular destination for so many reasons from the food to the beaches are top of that list. There is so much to explore and a thousand reasons more why you should travel to Thailand. So whether you’re planning your...

1 Like | 2 comments | 1017 views | Essays | December 13, 2016

"Writing Exercise Part 1"

by Navid13

This is an exercise of using strictly emotional diction in order to portray a character's emotional state. For this assignment, there was no use of tangible details, and thus, the plot is fairly thin. However, the point of the piece is to d...

4 Likes | 2 comments | 889 views | Prose | December 7, 2016

"The Scarlet Prague"

by pdomain1

The Scarlet Plague London, Jack Published: 1912 1 THE way led along upon what had once been the embankment of a railroad. But no train had run upon it for many years. The forest on eith...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1053 views | Short Stories | December 7, 2016

"Impact"

by pdomain1

Impact Cox, Irving Published: 1960 Over the cabin ’phone, Ann’s voice was crisp with anger. “Mr. Lord, I must see you at once.” “Of course, Ann.” Lord tried not to sound uncordial...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1179 views | Short Stories | December 7, 2016

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