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JordanPayne

  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: YWS vs other Young Writers' Sites

    Been trying to find a site like this for ages, this one is the best I've come across.

    May 21, 2012
  • Writers Corner Re: Sammy Klepper - Story of a Dutch drug lord.

    This is a story I was writing back in March 2011 when I was fourteen, it isn't based off much and it is definitely not that realistic. Just something I ...

    May 21, 2012
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello.

    Hey, my name Jordan and I'm fifteen years of age. I got into writing when I was about fourteen. I write short pieces, mainly criminal/mafia based. I'm going to put ...

    May 21, 2012


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— Nate