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Kelly's avatar

absolutely blown away!!

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Charlie Sheiner's avatar

Lila Shroff is a writer I admire— and I think I have pretty damn good taste.

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Joe Bryant's avatar

You are an AMAZING storyteller Lila whether it be the written or spoken word! And you will only get better by continuing to share your words and talent with the world. I subscribe to the Outliers philosophy that you start to really hit your stride after doing something for 10,000 hours. :-)

Keep being your kind, curious, brilliant and idealistic self and never think for a moment that you are not going to be a world changer because I have every confidence that you most certainly will!

You have only just begun what will be a long path with lots of opportunities and choices. Listen to your inner voice, pursue what interests you most, and always choose happiness.

I am a proud subscriber and excited to read chapter two!

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Isabel's avatar

i absolutely loved this piece lila. you’re extremely talented; i can’t believe this is your first post. you are so young, trust me (even if it feels like you’re old). here’s a secret: as soon as consciousness strikes you and you start to understand time and the horizon of life, you will always feel old. every year you will say ‘last year i was young, now i’m old’. but how could that be? it couldn’t. it’s just the way that age washes over us. it keeps teasing us that *now* we’re old. over and over. don’t pay too much attention to that voice - it doesn’t mean much :) regardless, you have so much time. i really encourage you to keep writing, and to publish things often, even before they feel *totally* ready. repetitions and consistency are so important when starting to share your work. i’m proud of you for starting and i am so glad i came across your writing! :)

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Sam's avatar

Bruh this is not mediocre, this would be an op college essay

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