I've been getting practice essay questions from SAT books. Is it okay to post an official question here followed by my essay response? If not, do you know of any communities that would accept this?

hola! i was wondering if you guys could tell me, what are the rules when you're writing something and you include a quote from a song or a movie or something. is it enough to just be like (for example) "as bender says in the breakfast club, the world is an imperfect place, screws fall out all the time". also, is it a bad thing to quote a lot?

another failed attempt

i resent the kisses we shared
that could've changed my life forever

i resent the bond i held on to so dearly
the one you through away so nonchalantly

i resent attending the event where i met you
something in my stomache told me not to go

i resent missing you and hoping you'll call
and tell me everything i've ever wanted to hear

i resent not being able to forget what losing you means
one more guy who can't be bother disproving my theory that i'm not worth loving

i resent that hating you is less counterproductive
than loving you

and most of all i resent that living without me
is less than bothersome to you

Hey! I've been wanting to write a story like this for a while now, but I'm so bad at writing actual stories. I'm more of a matter-of-fact type person, unfortunately. But I really felt like getting this out, so I wrote it in a newspaper article fashion. This is only the first draft. Let me know what you think! Thanks.
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I've been thinking about the movie "Heathers," and the main characters kept writing suicide notes. One simply said "Life sucks." So I think it might be interesting if we all wrote our own suicide notes. If you were to ever kill yourself, what would your suicide note say? What do you think one should sound like?

Eh, if this is post is too weird, I'd be happy to delete it.

Mine would say something like:

Capitalism sucks
Materialism sucks
The American dream sucks
Our human rights are being stripped away
But there is a way out!
Rebel against society!
Leap into your coffin
Death= absolute way to escape this corrupt world

Umm hello, I've been working on this, but I'm not quite sure it works. It's about "Girl, Interrupted's" effect on a teengage girl. Feedback would be lovely. :-) Oh, also, I've been having trouble seperating paragraphs... how could I have done things better? Thank you in advance!

Glamorized Insanity

"Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash?Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while standing still?"
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So how many of us have been published? How do you even go about getting published? You send your stories or poems in, I know that, but how do you know where to send them? Like what magazines/journals/whatever accept what from outside sources?

Gah! I'm still having trouble with the whole "stream of conciousness" format. But I'm really liking writing peoples' thoughts. Hopefully I'll get better at it. Anyways, this my response to prompt #27: Hotels and Motels. It's kind of a first draft though. All thoughts are italicized. Feedback? Don't mock the 'N Syncness of it lol... I heard "This I Promise You' on the radio earlier!

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What do you guys do with your stuff once it's finished? Do you post them on your personal websites? Or do you just post them on your live journal? I've started posting my own stuff on myspace. Does anyone else do that? Some writing myspace buddies might be cool.

Hello. I did Prose Prompt #29. It's late, I know (sorry), but I did time myself, and it took about an hour. Just to clarify, I'm not trying to be all sexist. This was meant to show how much teen angst a girl could feel within like 3 minutes. I wasn't really sure how to go about making it clear that her thoughts were thoughts. Was using quotation marks the right thing to do in this case? What else could I have done? Feedback please! Oh yeah, I couldn't think of a better word to use than "flashed" in my opening sentence. Any ideas?

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Is there an lj community like this where students (specifically college students) can post their papers to get help/feedback?

Hello. I'm still new at writing fictional stories. Here's the first 2 chapters of a story I've been working on lately. It's called Ani and it's about an 18 year old girl who gets murdered, told from her best friend's point of view.

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hellllllo. I was kinda excited when my professor made us write poems today in class. She gave us this format:


title

noun
simile
2 verbs
metaphor

We read our results to each other and some of 'em were pretty cool. I thought maybe some of you guys would like to give it a try. :-)

This is mine:

Angel

Roberto Carlos
Like a warm breeze
Always loving, always soothing
He is my angel

Hey, I'm in the process of writing my first play ever. I'm very proud of me for sticking with it! I usually give up the minute I start having trouble... but anyway. I'm VERY new to writing plays, I'm not sure how everything's supossed to be. I'm posting it here... hoping you can give me some constructive critism/advice as I continue writing it. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

My play is called Isabel. When Isabel ends up conconcious in a hosipital, her 18 year old sister explains her life story to a nurse.

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Name: Lisa
Age:17
Writing Experience: I've been writing short stories and poems on and off for what seems like forever.
Education: I'm a college freshman.
What do you hope to get from this community? To improve my writing skills, gain confidence, be inspired and hopefully give and receive some constructive feedback.
Where did you hear of us? a friend

I have a song to share with you all. It's the first one I've ever really completed (not counting that one I wrote last year that was all choppy...). Enjoy! Comments/critisism are welcome.

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