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This is the Story I Submitted as my Creative Writing Final

  The Tiniest Goblin By Connor (wizoko) Williams A cool breeze cut through the trees, causing Dengi to stir and open his eyes. Through the underbrush, he watched the canopy of the forest lazily sway against the warm morning light. The trees were younger, only a few decades old, allowing smaller bushes and shrubs to grow. He took a deep breath and stretched out. He could smell the freshly blooming flowers nearby accompanied by the mellow scent of morning dew. Reddish, almost black petals surrounded his face. He didn’t know what they were but he enjoyed the look of them.  The ground was surprisingly comfortable and the dense undergrowth did well to hide him from anything that might do him harm. “Maybe I could make this forest home.” He contemplated, trying not to dwell on the thoughts that caused him to cry himself to sleep the night before.  He considered going back to sleep when his calm was halted by the heavy crunch of footsteps nearby.  He shot up, swiveling...

What does it take to overcome a vice?

 As my class nears its end, and I begin writing the final draft of my paper, I reflect on the past few weeks. I began drawing more. Having the tablet be an easy grab helps. I would just like it if I had an actual desk with room to draw on. Some day this week, I plan on spending an entire day just drawing. With jobs to apply for, homework/chores to do, people wanting to hang out, and games with holiday events, finding a day is easier said than done.  I find myself watching cartoons trying to understand how these artists get so much depth to such simple designs. I draw what I think could be comparable, but end up being considerably more bland. Drawing digitally, though, is making it all more difficult. It's a medium where I can't even draw a straight line, let alone anything with any sort of detail.  My next class is color theory. I'm honestly not sure if that's a good thing or not. It's a class that required me to purchase Adobe Creative Cloud so I am unsure if I wil...