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About Myself:

I'm still just a student in high school who just wants to get better at writing. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I'm here because I want to get better at writing and I want to see what others think of my pieces.

I discovered a love for writing nonfiction after reading an excerpt from Russell Baker's Growing Up. I mainly write nonfiction, but I also like to try to step out of the box and try different things.

You're probably wondering about my style of poetry. It started out as an idea that I had while driving to work one day listening to the radio play the song Layla. I loved how it went from the crazy guitar solo to the piano, and I wanted to capture that feeling of "chaos and order" in a poem. I went into work and it started raining and a kid that I worked with started complaining about how weatherman never get the weather right. And that is how ThE sToRm was born. Because of the feedback from that poem, I researched some of e.e. cummings and twisted a bit of his style into mine.

Some of my favorite books include: The Catcher in the Rye, The Importance of Being Earnest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Gatsby and Flipped. I would also recommend any writer to read On Writing Well. It sounds like a boring book, but it is quite entertaining and you might learn something.

I am currently taking down some of my stuff for revision, but I'm quite lazy so I might not get around to it for a while. That is also why I have not finished my series. It will come, some time soon.

Sorry I'm not on here as often as I use to be. With school starting back up, I don't have as much free time as I did during the summer.

Stories

Published Short Stories

Date	Title	Category	Hits
Oct 6, 2008	Slave to the World, Chapter 2	Horror	56
Sep 28, 2008	Slave to the World, Chapter 1	Horror	113
Sep 27, 2008	Losing Him	Romance	284
Sep 17, 2008	Slave to the World, Chapter 0	Horror	333
Sep 5, 2008	Things aren't always as they appear	Non-Fiction	190
Sep 4, 2008	BREAKING through the SuRfAcE	Poetry	89
Aug 22, 2008	missing	Mystery	140
Aug 11, 2008	bottled UP	Poetry	304
Jul 22, 2008	heaven won't let me in	Poetry	184
Jul 3, 2008	ThE sToRm	Poetry	221
Jul 1, 2008	I Am the Failure	Poetry	265
Jun 13, 2008	Falling to Pieces, Chapter 2	Adventure	97
Jun 11, 2008	The Last of the Fears	Non-Fiction	211
May 27, 2008	Falling to Pieces, Chapter 1	Adventure	155
May 18, 2008	The Undreadful Monday	Non-Fiction	610
May 8, 2008	I shall not live in vain	Miscellaneous Stories	324

Comments

Title article: Survival, Chapter 6
Date: 2008-09-19 15:36:35

i love the part where your character makes an X in the sand and says that hes right there.

great story, it was nicely written. i liked the last paragraph too, even though it was kinda depressing. its true though

Title article: Survival, Chapter 5
Date: 2008-09-19 15:31:34

ya, this was a good story. it was interesting how you worked the zombies into it

Title article: Survival, Chapter 4
Date: 2008-09-19 14:12:13

yes, this chapter was quite funny. i found myself laughing at parts.

allmines right, no one outside of storiesville would find the humor in this piece.

great job!

Title article: Survival, Chapter 3
Date: 2008-09-19 13:33:34

this was a really good chapter! your character seemed depressed though, i wonder who she was looking for. im interested to see how it all works out.

Title article: Hazy Tales #01
Date: 2008-09-18 19:26:22

ya good story. what i liked best about this though was your style of writing. i thought it was really good. the story reminded me of the scene from the movie 'signs' were the brother is talking about how there once was a girl he was about to make out with, but then she puked.

Title article: Hands
Date: 2008-09-18 19:17:06

this was excellent. its probably my favorite by you that ive read so far. definately one of the best poems that ive read today.

Title article: Tip the Option
Date: 2008-09-18 14:22:05

like the others said, this was a great story. i love how you can find humor in everyday things, like getting a haircut and how it turns into a disaster. poor guy, getting his face cut off and a bad haircut all in one day.

Title article: May and December
Date: 2008-09-17 20:26:25

i actually liked the may december imagery. i dont understand why people dont get it, its self explanatory may=summer, youth; december=winter, last days of the year, last days of life. i liked the overall theme too. i dont think people should be judgemental on others realationships.

nicely written

Title article: A last minute save
Date: 2008-09-17 15:35:36

ya, it was a good read, a snapshot of a moment. good theme, although i believe that if you dont like your life, then its your obligation to change it. it was something that everyone could relate to though, being lonely

Title article: MATINS 1907.
Date: 2008-09-16 20:04:23

yes this was very nice. the short lines gave it a poetic feel. the story behind it was kinda sad, i felt like it was that through all the religious stuff she felt like she had lost a sense of what it was to be human. i could be wrong though

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Name	Entry
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk)	Created On: 09/23/2008 03:35:34 Sometime in the future ...
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) getting the hell out of massachusetts	Created On: 09/05/2008 19:14:13 Okay, we're leaving. Steve Carell freaks me out ... why does he always have to scream like that? Something's terribly wrong with his soul, it's the only conclusion I've been able to come up with.
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) Coming for you	Created On: 09/05/2008 19:03:53 Did you really think I would find that funny?? I find that highly offensive to my Indiana people. You have pissed off an entire state. We're coming for you, Amanda. We have corn n' the cobb with hidden razor blades ... and that's about all Indiana has. Well, it has me and that's priceless. You've pissed off the wrong tribe.
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) In your head	Created On: 09/05/2008 18:42:44 sumbitch! smacks self in the forehead i knew that, too. Nope, it's a song by the Rolling Stones called "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Yes, it did. It does that all the time for me. Damn ghosts and their cruel tricks ... one day i'll make 'em all pay ... with possessed blood thirty purses
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk)	Created On: 09/05/2008 18:27:01 Lol i wasn't trying to guess a song. To be honest, i didn't know that thing you quoted was a song. Isn't that a nursery rhyme? shit ... it sounds familiar. Why must you curse me?!
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) Dublin	Created On: 09/05/2008 18:10:26 I was born in a cross-fire hurricane And I howled at my ma in the driving rain, But its all right now, in fact, its a gas! But its all right. Im jumpin jack flash, Its a gas! gas! gas! I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag, I was schooled with a strap right across my back, But its all right now, in fact, its a gas! But its all right, Im jumpin jack flash, Its a gas! gas! gas! I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead. I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled. I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread. Yeah, yeah, yeah I was crowned with a spike right thru my head. But its all right now, in fact, its a gas! But its all right, Im jumpin jack flash, Its a gas! gas! gas! Jumping jack flash, its a gas Jumping jack flash, its a gas Jumping jack flash, its a gas Jumping jack flash, its a gas Jumping jack flash
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk)	Created On: 09/05/2008 17:55:31 Well he needs to learn how we handle things here in the States. No matter how terrifying they may be I don't understand. My name is Max ... not Jack. Are ... are you smoking the reefer?
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) Alaska	Created On: 09/05/2008 17:39:03 Edited By Max Booth III (Zombie Punk) On: 09/05/2008 17:39:26 Oh, I see. If he doesn't watch his back I'm gonna sick a purse on his ass. See how he likes that! any 3's?
Max Booth III (Zombie Punk)	Created On: 09/05/2008 17:08:34 Do I have a monopoly? What the hell is that supposed to mean? I'm more of a Go Fish kind of guy
Philip Neale (philneale1952) Derbyshire, England	Created On: 08/23/2008 13:07:38 Jeeez it took me like three hours to get to the end of this book. Does Max have a monopoly? Anyway, singing in (just the once). Phil