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-I ruined my life, alienated the people in it, and now I am lost?


-I ruined my life, alienated the people in it, and now I am lost? Let me tell you a story. So there was this guy. He was maybe a few years older than you. He was a tough guy. Thought he knew it all. So he sat down and wrote a story, a killer story, and the whole literary world agreed-- this guy knew it all. They even called him the New Salinger. So he bought the BS. And then, he started to p.iss of everybody that he cared about. He was a writer of his own ruin because he thought he could do no wrong until he wrote his second novel. And then, he was torn apart, lambasted as a one-hit wonder. Some critics even questioned if the same guy wrote both books. So you know what he did?
-What?
-He quit. He gave up because despite knowing it all, he wasn't a tough guy. He even changed his name after he let the critics destroy him. And the day he decided to take his head out of his a.ss, he did the best thing he could...
-...He became a teacher.
-Yes. Because he wanted to teach kids with talent how to face criticism and discover that success isn't about winning. It's about staying in the game, not quitting, or letting someone make you quit.

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Amenah 9 years ago
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OH MY GOD YES
THANK YOU

i love having a fellow awkward fangirl friend.
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ocean pixie* 9 years ago
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ME TOO OH MY GOD
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posted April 7, 2014 at 4:54pm UTC tagged with story, awkward, writing, books, mtv, tvshow, quote

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