Ohio Impromptu

Might I suggest The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky? Certainly the best book in the genre you're describing that I ever read.

Adam Sandler would be elected president in 2012. Where did all the apple juice go?

Unless these cat-people have recently been discovered somewhere in the Congo, there is a very easy solution to your problem. Normally, you'd have to "get into someone's (or something's) head" ...

When you break things down into their simplest form, yes, everything is a cliche. But when is a novel ever in it's simplest form? In the blurb, maybe, but aside ...

I like to think we're more like sociopaths that got hold of one of God's old and worn-out creating machines, but isn't sure exactly how to use it. We have ...

Constantly. However, in saying that, I guess I hate the things I write because I'm able to know when something I've written is really good. Sometimes (very rarely) I'll write ...

Irony: I applied for a job at Angus & Robertson today. 8)

I'll join your nation of Writoria, or whatever you decide to call it. What do you expect? If you've been into an Angus & Robertson lately you'll know exactly why ...

Lately? Nothing. Used to be that inspiration would come as a random thought at the most unexpected time. For me, it always takes a long time, but when it comes, ...

One of the pieces I'm writing (by writing, I mean staring at the screen for hours with not much activity), called Self-Immolation, was inspired by a camp I went on. ...

Doesn't stand out too much for me. However, it does put a rather clear image in the mind of what the story might be about. There is a distinct smell ...

In looking back on reading the books, I can see now that Rowling seems to have a strict formula for her books that guarantees them to be successful, but at ...

Splendid, to say the least. There was something about that first sentence that made the whole piece so simple - yet epic? I don't know. Still, you managed to capture ...

-In every drop of rain I wish had landed on me -On buses and trains where there is only time to think and stare out the window. -In darkness, where ...

I guess some part of me always knew this, but it makes a lot more sense coming from someone else. If all goes to plan I'll be studying politics at ...