Sometimes all I have is a theory to test. Here is my theory of romance. Romance is a mode of communication. What is romance used to communicate? At its heart, romance is used to communicate the desire to connect with an other on a singular level.

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The following is not related to any real event or story. It is simply a scene I would like to include in a future story:

-A soldier recalls one patrol during the occupation of the winter campaign

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Spiders, heights, closed spaces. We all have fears. One of my biggest fears is not making a difference. When compared to all of time, each person's lifespan is entirely too short. So what can we do that can make a difference with such a short amount of time? I want to write, if for no other reason, than to make that difference. It doesn't need to be much, I just want some small thing to be different, and I want that difference to be for the better. One of the scariest things for me is

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I feel like it's a cop-out when I decide to write something that's already been done. Feeling like you have come up with a great idea only to see that someone's done it before, or to consider writing an extension to an existing story can be discouraging. All too often I have seen a concept I liked and felt I came up with has already been written to. It is in these moments that I feel that I have nothing to add, nothing to say that would be worthwhile. I have often come away with the

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We write, and read, to know that we're not alone