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StoryByRoss
I like to write science fiction and fantasy. Apparently other stuff too. storybyross.com
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Beauty?
Try to describe intellectual beauty, in poetry or prose. Not simply something that is beautiful, but the essence of beauty or the quality itself.
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StoryByRoss
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Beautiful

I said it before crudely.

Ever so rudely.

I am hidden.

Yet,

I found you.

Not only are you intelligent.

Not only you do you make me smile.

Not only do you have a radiant heart.

You are only you.

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What does it mean to experience heartbreak?
Write what heartbreak is to you in 1 sentence. Doesn’t matter how long said sentence is but stick to 1 nevertheless . Can write in poetry or prose whatever medium works for you!
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Dam

Love created a blissful, warming ignorance that was a torrent built in anticipation of release and when it prematurely ended, nothing survived the aftermath.

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Why do you write?
A poem or story describing why you write. Tell me about your muse. Or is it therapeutic for you? Do you love entertaining people? And get creative with it with symbols, images, and metaphors if you feel so inclined.
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Simple

My goal was to bring my outlandish worlds of the mind to reality so I could cherish them. If I was being honest, that was my old passion. Ever since I started sharing my work with others, my life changed. To see a person, another anchor of existence, enjoy and talk with you about your abstracted ideas was, eloquently put, awesome.

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have you ever felt like you lost a piece of yourself? if so, how do you get it back, if you can?
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Oneself

How could one float through life by self and imposed negligence to the end of understanding more about humanity when they never had it to begin with? How was I supposed to know? I never knew what I lost.

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Paradise
What are you looking forward to when you reach paradise? In 15 words.
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Stability

An in-between place.

Neither too high nor low.

A resting point for me to know.

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When I close my eyes
Freestyle whatever comes to mind when you read “when I close my eyes”
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StoryByRoss in Poetry & Free Verse
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Dark

When I closed my eyes, the comings and goings of life ceased to be cemented in my consciousness. The simple process protected me, providing respite from reality.

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In 15 words, capture a recurring moment in your life.
Happy, sad, funny, mundane, frightening. Anything goes.
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StoryByRoss in Stream of Consciousness
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Dictionary

WRITE. Write. Write. I’ll take one written word, whatever’s a part of the English language.

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Composition

Writing is a mental marathon accomplished by resilience and invention.

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Where you wish you were
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Hope

I wished to be where I could be – a judicious reality. I bore the burden of proper choice in actuality. A chosen path made without foresight culminated in failure.

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Mantra
Write a 3 line mantra that can be repeated to lift and calm yourself.
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Belief

I place hope in others.

I cultivate love in myself.

Together, they outweigh any uncertainty.

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