My script
19 months ago
It’s called “Grace”. I want to prove to myself that I can actually finish a long piece of writing, even at 17.
| 1. |
Write for "The Colbert Report"
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1 person |
| 2. |
Sleep at the Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris
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2 people |
| 3. |
become a famous author
1 cheer |
43 people |
| 4. |
Have a smiling determination that focuses people's attention on me
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1 person |
| 5. |
Make things happen instead of letting things happen
2 cheers |
1 person |
| 6. |
Make book of all gmail chats and mails between O. and I
1 entry . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 7. |
Be someone's protegee
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 8. |
learn how to seduce
1 entry . 3 cheers |
7 people |
| 9. |
Be drawn or painted
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3 people |
| 10. |
learn Russian
2 cheers |
2,441 people |
| 11. |
Sell stuff on ebay
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585 people |
| 12. |
win a prestigious literary award
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5 people |
| 13. |
Publish a children's book with a gorgeous cover
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 14. |
work in a bookstore
2 cheers |
129 people |
| 15. |
be a model
1 cheer |
1,333 people |
| 16. |
take pole dancing lessons
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88 people |
| 17. |
find out the mystery of crop circles
1 entry |
2 people |
| 18. |
Be someone's pua protegee
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1 person |
| 19. |
Make out with a beautiful girl
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 20. |
Write a movie script
1 entry |
382 people |
| 21. |
Send a postcard to Postsecret
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2,850 people |
| 22. |
Research, create and write "If I could be young again"
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1 person |
| 23. |
join a secret society
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149 people |
| 24. |
go on an adventure
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244 people |
| 25. |
do past life regression
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165 people |
| 26. |
submit a story or poem to chicken soup books
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7 people |
| 27. |
see Radiohead live
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177 people |
| 28. |
Do my homework first thing
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1 person |
| 29. |
Nearly Drown. Be Rescued.
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1 person |
| 30. |
Keep a journal
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3,021 people |
| 31. |
Fall in love
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24,513 people |
| 32. |
go to New Mexico
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11 people |
| 33. |
Start a website/blog/website for writing practice
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1 person |
| 34. |
Go to "Tarantino's" in Berlin
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1 person |
| 35. |
Lose my virginity to someone amazing
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1 person |
| 36. |
give up soda
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171 people |
| 37. |
Live like i'm dying. Because I am dying. We all are.
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8 people |
| 38. |
get published in The New Yorker
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56 people |
| 39. |
Get an MFA in creative writing
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70 people |
| 40. |
Have a literary mentor
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1 person |
| 41. |
Get books or a picture signed by Jodi Picoult
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1 person |
| 42. |
get a purity ring
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5 people |
| 43. |
Go to USC for grad school
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3 people |
It’s called “Grace”. I want to prove to myself that I can actually finish a long piece of writing, even at 17.
I just turned 17, but this makes me feel better than anything else I could have gotten for the money I’m sending her.