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  The Artist

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Her world was lonely. It is always lonely when you see the way others cannot. She was an artist. She loved being an artist. The world was hers to see and explore. It can be so magical sometimes, seeing what others cannot. Feeling all which is there. Observing, wondering. She watched peopl...
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  Tall, dark and potentially handsome

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  He walked along the street. A mysterious guy with a mysterious secret. He walked tall, his face half hidden by the hood of his coat. His hair was dark, everyone knew that. No one saw his face clearly though, they couldn't ever say what he looked like. They all talked about him. Th...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  True love? Or just a misunderstanding?

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  There was something going on that’s for sure. She could see it. The way they looked at each other, every time she looked out of the window. She didn’t know them. But she didn’t have to. It was obvious, the way they felt about each other. Who were these people? Well that would ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Tears cause rain drops on the window pane

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  A tear fell down her oh so pale face. Down on to the pages of the book she was reading. She put her hand to her eye to catch the tears. To stop them from falling. Why did this always happen? When she was reading this book. It always reminded her. The characters, the situation, it was...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Beautiful Busker

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  She walked along the gloomy street. The darkness was clouding over. It was time to make her way home. His voice echoed through the gloomy street. She looked up. Where was that voice coming from? It was beautiful. Hauntingly beautiful. Her heels clicked on the cobbles as she conti...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  An ice cream parlour

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  The boy stands there. Behind the counter waiting for someone to choose from the vast selection of ice creams in front of him. The girl has already chosen. Mint choc chip, it is always mint choc chip, her favourite. His eyes occasionally flit to the screen on his right, her left. The Grand ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The lonely swing

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  She peered through into the garden. The sight wasn’t a happy one. It caused tears in her eyes. An abandoned garden it was. Lost in the loneliness. The forgotten swing in the corner caught her eye. They had forgotten it so it hung there in the dark corner, under the big oak tree. Battered and b...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Waiting by the telephone

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  There was nothing she could do. She'd been sitting by the telephone all afternoon, waiting for the call. A feeling of helplessness was swirling around in her stomach. Bad butterflies. There was no guarantee it was going to be good news. I don't think she could have taken anymor...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Boy on the train

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  He sits there, slumped back in his chair. Drinking cider from a bottle, the glass goes up and down. His face wears a smirk, content. The eyes are the window to the soul they say but his give nothing away, when he turns, to look my way. A hand goes up, to ruffle his blonde hair, the o...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Write me a letter...

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Write me a letter. Those were the four words she should have said to him. I’d like to get to know you better; those eight words would have been uttered if she wasn’t so scared. I think about you all the time. Seven words she wished she could say now. October reminds me of you. Five w...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Merry Christmas… Everyone

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Her eyes flickered at three in the morning. She was soon wide awake. It was Christmas day. A hard thing to believe but a fact all the same. Dark outside, the sun was no t up yet. It was too early to celebrate. Soon she fell back to sleep, only to be awakened at five, six, and seven. Stil...
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  Supermarket survival

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  It hit her as soon as she stepped foot in the door. The smell hit the back of her throat making her cough and splutter. The sweat, the tears, the desire. Christmas was coming and everyone had chosen now to do their shopping. Desperation clung to the air, like a thick fog, engulfing the who...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Dear Life

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Dear Life, I never thought it would turn out like this. You and I, we had different plans didn’t we? We weren’t going to be amazing, were we? We were just going to be normal. Normal would have been good. Normal I could have accepted. Until you decided to change things, change us. And then ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Still seeking that fairytale ending...

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  I grew up watching the Disney films, like most children of my generation. I cried at the sadness of the Fox and the Hound, the scariness of Pinocchio, and the happiness of Cinderella. As a result I used to have a complete delusion to love and the fairytale ending. I think I can put this down to ...
• Reviews > Movie Reviews
  The Three Musketeers

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Everyone has heard of the three musketeers. If you haven’t read the book then you have seen one of the many versions of the film. Either way, you know how the story goes. D’Artagnan goes to Paris to become a musketeer. He offends the three musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. They arrange...
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  Top 15 Quotes from John Hughes 80’s Films…

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  If you love eighties films then you will love John Hughes films. Plain and simple. He was a fantastic writer and director and made some of the most amazing films of the eighties. There are so many wonderful quotes from the films but here are a few that stand out for me. Some mean something and s...
• Reviews > Movie Reviews
  Some Kind of Wonderful

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  The year was 1987. The story went a little something like this… Unpopular boy falls in love with popular girl. Popular girl gives him a chance because she is trying to get back at her popular boyfriend. And the unpopular boy’s best friend is in love with him. A social class love triangle. Weâ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Using gay as an adjective...

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  I was talking with my little sister and her friend the other day, we were discussing One Direction I think. You know - that oh so pretty boy band all the girls love. Anyway, we were talking and my sister's friend comes out with, 'but they are so gay.' I instantly felt a pang o...
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  Time to fly

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  She was on the train. First trip of the year. One to remember. It was good; she was getting away for a while. Part of her was tempted to not come back. If that was an option for her right now, she would take it. If she knew where she would go, if everything was planned out, she would grasp it wit...
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  Adeline

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  I was in disgrace, apparently. There was this big party tonight that everyone in the village had been invited to, to celebrate Halloween. Auntie, Uncle, and I had, of course, been invited and my outfit was already picked out. I loved Halloween maybe even more than my birthday and certainly more...
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  Waiting

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  She stared out the window as the rain poured down. The sky had turned a dark grey. The clouds no longer their fluffy white. It may be still autumn but the weather was sure acting like winter. The cold weather was drawing close. The sun was gone now. All that was left was dark light. Miserable we...
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  Mirror Girl

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Oh girl what happened to you? She stared hard into the mirror, the image stared back. She did not recognise the mirror girl. This wasn’t who she used to be. This wasn’t who she should be. The mirror girl was cold. Her heart didn’t beat the way it used to. Oh girl what happened to y...
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  Once upon a time

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  Annie peered through the trees at the little cottage set deep in the forest. Her heart thumped as she stood there, she wasn't supposed to be there. Her parents had told her to go anywhere but into the forest. Of course she ignored them, she was a child and isn't that what children ...
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  A costly mistake

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

  She went over the situation in her head. It was a stupid mistake. An immature, stupid mistake. But everyone makes mistakes don’t they? He wasn’t exactly blameless was he? She didn’t know. Maybe he hadn’t acted like he should? She had acted foolishly that was clear to her. But now he ...
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  The Essence of Liberty

  

  By PaperWriter, Cornwall, United Kingdom