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Up from the Dark: An epileptic girl's Struggle for her academics and voice

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Rachel D.
Up from the Dark: An epileptic girl's Struggle for her academics and voice
Summary: The story of overcoming things that were hard for me to overcome because of my epilepsy





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manda315 said...
Jan. 2 at 10:14 am:
the book was very good. your emotions really spoke in every word :)
 
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MystiecubThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 2, 2011 at 4:48 pm:

Overall, I enjoyed your story; it was really tense and full of emotion.

I gave it a 4/5, however, because I felt there were a few too many grammatical errors. I don't know if any of these were pointed out, but I'll list a few that I saw. I'm not trying to troll or be obnoxious, I'm just trying to help. :)

There's an incomplete sentence. "As I sat on the school bus for the first time. ..." Try putting a comma in-between these two 'statements.'

I used to do this A LOT, but ... (more »)

 
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quton97 said...
Sept. 8, 2011 at 7:35 pm:
I really like your book. And your message not to give up. :)
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Sept. 8, 2011 at 7:36 pm :
thanks for getting my message. 
 
bladeboy12 replied...
Oct. 28, 2011 at 11:28 am :
ive never read that book but if i did i am pretty sure i would like it.
 
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anna19974h said...
Aug. 2, 2011 at 10:26 pm:
I loved this book soooo much! Your write with such fluidity and emotion! I could really feel what you were going through. I love it and I would love to see ytou add more chapters :) there are a few grammar errors though. Keep writing :)
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Aug. 4, 2011 at 7:52 pm :
thanks anna
 
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NeverGrowUp said...
Aug. 1, 2011 at 11:22 am:
I really liked the flow of the words, maybe if you could include more detail we could really picture the scene clearly:)
 
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writinglikecrazy said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:57 am:
Thanks I'll check over to make sure
 
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writinglikecrazy said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:56 am:
Thanks for what you told me to imorove on
 
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sunnysky said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:55 am:
I really enjoyed reading your book read it twice.
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:56 am :
Thankyou for your comment
 
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geifons said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:54 am:

The only comment I have is that you need more deatail to make it better  and there are some grammer errors

 

 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:57 am :
Thanks i will check for it
 
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wakoguy said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:52 am:
At first it was a little on the boring side. But when I went to the second and third chapter it became very catchy.
 
anonymous replied...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:53 am :
i really like the way you wrote your book!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:58 am :
I'll remake the start to make it better
 
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Jessebil said...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:50 am:
I really like your story!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 23, 2011 at 9:58 am :
Thanks for it
 
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Ron R. said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:14 pm:
I just got an acount. And when I read your book I am guessing Teen ink has alot of talented writers!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 8:22 pm :
Thankyou for your comment! I don't know if I am that talented like the other writers
 
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funface56 said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:07 pm:
It is good. Only try to fix some errors in there!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:07 pm :
Thank you for the comment!
 
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Gingerale said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:06 pm:
I really liked your book.
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:08 pm :

I like it to. Though to me honest I think it needs more work

 

 
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JV5678 said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm:
I loved a lot of parts in your book. Deffinetly when you explain your day dreams. It is so discroptive!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:08 pm :
What a long/ confusing name. Any way thankyou for the comment.
 
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Love cup said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:01 pm:
I really enjoyed reading your book look foward to see more chapters!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:09 pm :
Love cup, thank you for what you said
 
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John NYle said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 5:59 pm:
I really like your book and the way you don't want others to pitty you.
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 6:09 pm :

Like I said earlier, that is my message

 

 
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Jean F said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:31 pm:
I like your story, and how you battled for sucsess. Very inspiring!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:32 pm :
Thankyou for it. That is the message I want to get out. Now I know the message is coming out to people!
 
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SW78 said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:26 pm:
I like what I have seen of your book, and hope to read it soon.
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:29 pm :
Thankyou for your comment. if you want you can E-Mail it to your self. You can vote to ! Look at the stars on top!
 
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cupcake said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:20 pm:
You have a reallly good way to express yourself!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:29 pm :

Dear Cupcake,

   Thankyou for commenting!

 
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bark boy said...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm:
You have such a strong voice. You could see how much you overcame not letting it get into your way!
 
Jakie replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:15 pm :
I agree with you she does have a strong voice!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 21, 2011 at 12:17 pm :
Thank you both for the critique. I really enjoy what you said.
 
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Dire said...
Jul. 20, 2011 at 1:58 pm:
what a great booK!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 20, 2011 at 2:02 pm :
Thanks for the critique!
 
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blackpen said...
Jul. 12, 2011 at 2:00 pm:
You have such a talent to write! Love every page of your story!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm :
Thankyou blackpen (Interesting name) I really like to hear that. I get this comment alot! :P
 
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John S said...
Jul. 11, 2011 at 1:03 pm:

It is a good book. Just add more details to make it more discriptive!

 

 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 12, 2011 at 7:43 am :
Thanks for the constructive critisism. It really helps me for my future writing projects:)
 
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PB&J said...
Jul. 11, 2011 at 1:01 pm:
It is a really good story. Keep writing!
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 20, 2011 at 2:06 pm :
PB&J thankyou for commenting!
 
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April S. said...
Jul. 10, 2011 at 3:48 pm:
I really love this book. All those comments you got were absulutly true. It seems like you have a good heart and persever as much as you can.
 
writinglikecrazy replied...
Jul. 15, 2011 at 3:55 pm :
Thank you. It is a very heartfelt comment. 
 
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