What do you think of this story?
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I heard the long version on NPR. I think the speaker is correct. We want to be like lake woebegone. We want all the children to be above average. That is not going to happen any measure of a population that is done right will turn up a bell curve. Reported grades no longer match the curve. Therefore grades are being inflated.
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Dear corky,\n\nhave you read the book yet?  What sort of presentation are you expected to do?\n\nYou could always look at critiquing the work.  The premise of the story is how human (in this case children) would behave when they are faced with various circumstances and pressure of nature and need for survival.\n\nYou could also analyse how the kids "organize" themselves - the formation of "society" on the island.\n\nYou could analyze how the kids built their own "religion" or belief system.\n\nYou could analyze how the author portray human nature.  Would these pointers be enough?
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oh the story no but my friend has read it\ni
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A fun read.\n\nAnd that's it.\n\nSince it's fiction and all.
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What is with the "metaphysical" thing on EVERY question so far?\n\nAnyway, I read the story yesterday. It is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, and all the more reason religion has such a bad name and non-believers associate believers with crazy, zealous, bible thumpers. Sad.
842357
No.\nI can't believe people still believe in this stories.
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What kind of story do you want?  How short - like 200 words or 10,000 words?  On what subject?  Also what audience is the story for - should I include cultural references, sexual terms, violence?\n\nIf you give me guidlines I will be more than happy to write the story for you, if you are in a rush I could adapt a section of my novel (although my novel is copyrighted material so you would not be able to publish the short story).
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GREAT STORY !! You know the best part?......................\n\nMore than half of these re7ards believe you !!! LOL, jokes on them !!! That was good though, very funny !!
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i agree with you its fiction...its the only way to take it.  well it should be at least.  i saw it though and i thought the story was good but delivery wasn't so great......i'm not a huge ron howard fan though.
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Its all part of the story. A good one at that, id like to see whats gonna happen. wheres this going to lead. but whereever it is, its gonna be good
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I liked it and thought it was quite good and imaginative.  The only thing I didn't think was plausible about it was the name for your mother, as it does not fit in with common names of Roman or Greek goddesses.  Sorry.  Other than that, here are just a few editing suggestions for you.  Feel free to take them or leave them, as this is your story, after all.  \n\nedit: (I had anger issues at the time).\nreplace with: \nI guess you could say I had some anger issues at the time.  (makes it sound more playful)\n\nIn the sentence after that, reword it so that it doesn't use the words "many different plagues, many different disasters" repetitively.  \n\nedit: I also tried to destroy the world, but my mother brought this curse upon me first"--you should just change it to brought *A* curse upon me first (flows better).  \n\nedit: "Unfortunately for me, I always cause some sort of trouble in each of my lives, whether I'm using my magick for evil, or just being naughty and mischievous."  replace it with that, because it'll flow better.\n\nedit:  As many people know, it's forbidden for a goddess to love a mortal, but I still went to down to earth, pretended to be human and tried to make him fall for me. \nreplace with:\nNaturally it's forbidden for a goddess to love a mortal, yet I went down to earth anyway so that I could pretend to be a human and make him fall for me.  (flows better)\n\nSorry, I get very focused on editing.  Good luck, and it's very creative.  I enjoyed reading it.
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I shouldn't even be answering this, because technically it is in violation of the Community Guidelines.  But I must admit it is an intriguing concept.  I don't like horror stories, but the other categories you mentioned appeal to me.  \n\nI should tell you I am not much of a fiction writer.  Non-fiction is my forte.  But perhaps with your detailed outlines of the story, or even paragraphs and so on, my editing skills might be of use.  It's something we can discuss.  I will send you an email when I get a chance if you select my answer as best.  (Is that another violation of the Community Guidelines?)
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I need to know what is the story to answer that question .
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LOL.. that sounds like a great start to a childrens story. May I use that Idea?
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its funny how a fictional story can shake there beliefs so much. \n]\nmy guess is they are not really secure in there beliefs.
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What is the story about?  What does it teach us?
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Is this the story you're looking for?\n\nhttp://our.homewithgod.com/holyspirittemple/hummingbird.htm