Gratitude

Dear, Dameon

My dearest big brother (and my only brother) and one of my greatest friends, I know how many times I've argued with you in the past, and probably will in the future. However, besides the sibling dysfunction we have occasionally; I want to tell you how much I appreciate having you in my life, and having you as my brother.
You're undoubtablely the best brother there is or ever was. You're always there when I need advice or help with ... anything, just as you continually promise me. And you always know what to do to make me happy when I'm mad, sad, or just bored.
You're also the smartest person I know (besides Daddy, and maybe our big sister Cassy), always having the cool or amazing information that you generously spread to everyone. When I listen to you talking about something you like or something important that a person really should know, somehow it drives me to learn more cool stuff so that I can wow you with a piece of knowledge, at least once since it hasn't happened yet.
Sure you can be a bit annoying, and you're hard to shop for during the holidays, but every human has some flaws that help make them special. Plus, you have more good qualities than bad.
I also love how tight we are as siblings - My best friend has a big brother, but she and he hate each other. I've never heard them compliment each other despite being siblings, let alone say "I love you". Looking at how you and I get alone and how much we love each other compared to siblings like my friends, it makes my feel happy to know that you and I would never get into a situation where one of us would say "I hate you." It'll always be "I love you."
So thank you Dameon, for being in my life and always being yourself, and thank you for always being there for me.

Different Styles, That's Okay

 

 

There are many books, and many different styles of writing. I have read many myself, and read some odd stuff not normally put into books. Some made me uncomfortable, some scared me, and some made me happy.

Looking back at this, I've come to a conclusion on censorship and writing - as there are many different types of people, and as everyone is unique, they all have different preferences that they're looking for in a book and some of which would probably be unwelcome to other people. So, there shouldn't be any rules of writing books except 1 - the contents of the book should be given out as a ranking of how mature people have to be and what the overall theme of the book is.

As is done with movies.

This will let everyone read what they want, and give a warning to those who don't like certain things within a book so they don't have to read the book if they don't want to.

Even though the saying we should all live by is 'Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover', if these themes and warning are on the cover, it will allow people to not judge, but understand something about the book they are looking at, and then judge it.

Overall, any type of story that can be written, should be written. Everything is acceptable. But for some things that are written that other people wouldn't be comfortable with, a little warning in the contents and the theme labelled somewhere on the book's cover, would be more than helpful/welcome.

Key to Success

Video: Angela Lee Duckworth: The Key To Success
Place to View it: YouTube

This video is about this woman, Angela Lee Duckworth and her explaining to the audience what drove her into her fields and her discovery of grit.
Grit is this passion in people that allows them to push forward, gives them the strength and will to work for what they want to accomplish. Most people that succeed in school and in other life situations will succeed because they have grit.
That's about all that is known about grit.
I have seen people with grit (my sister for one) and seen them work hard in different ways that work for them, and later accomplish what they want. Even if they don't succeed at their challenge, these people with grit pick themselves up quickly and try again.
I think I have a bit of grit, but use it for other things like personal hobbies instead of legit work. This video, however, made me think of how I can apply this drive I get from doing my hobbies and apply it to school and other forms of work I have.
All in all, this video is inspiring and belongs where it is; but it should also get on TV so that younger and older audiences that don't have access to the internet can see it, and hopefully become inspired like I was.

Hello Viewers

Hello to whoever reads this, my name is Jacqueline Demaise Orton. Since that's a lot to remember, just ignore my middle name like normal, and call me Jackie.
I'm 18 (as of last Saturday), with dirty blond hair and gray-green eyes. My height isn't something to concern about, nor my physical appearance, but I can be tough so don't take me lightly.
I'll start of by saying that I'm 50% a tomboy, and 50% a girly-girl. I'm also artist, particularly with drawing and sculpting. Its what I love to do. I also enjoy reading and writing stories once in a while. Well, I should be more accurate - I enjoy writing story ideas and getting started with the actual story, before a new idea comes to my wild mind.
One thing about me that I'm sure most people in my grade are familiar with is that I love animals, and I know a lot about them. Animals and nature are my true passion, which is why I spend all my free time either drawing some kind of animal or writing a little story about animals.
That's part of the reason for why I joined Writers Craft - to be able to write my stories and ideas without the fear of getting into trouble. But, it was also because I wanted to become a better writer, and see if my future will involve me actually writing stories.
That's a quick summary of me. If you want to learn more, you'll have to talk to me in real life ... which might be a problem because even though I'm technically an adult, I'm as timid as I was when I was six years old.