An English teacher once agreed to look at a draft of something I was writing, and said in his feedback:
'In order to write something well, you have to have lived it first.'
I'm not sure I agree, but coming up against another application that begins with someone contemplating has me rattled.
They're teenagers, for goodness' sake.
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'Somewhere up above the great divide
Where the sky is wide, and the clouds are few
A man can see his way clear to the light
'You have all the grace you need for today, and today is all that matters.' - Steve Austin