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feet. It reminds me of my own father’s feet when he takes off his boots after spending the day doing farmwork, but a hundred thousand times worse. I gag quietly, so that the actors don’t hear me. I don’t want them to think I don’t like their acting.
    The thing is though, I don’t like their acting. The guy playing the king is okay, but the prince is really overbearing, saying all his lines too quickly and loudly. There is no emotion in his voice. But the audience doesn’t mind. They clap loudly and call out adjectives like Wonderful!, Fantastic!, Grandly delightful!, Hilariously terrific!, and “Stupendous work, Mr. Shakespeare!” Thankfully, they can see that I’m the really brilliant person in this round theater tonight.
    Arthur,
    This is some nice work in describing how Shakespeare might feel about his work. However, I was hoping that you would focus more on the atmosphere of the play, rather than on the opinions of the playwright. Also, I don’t appreciate your subtle mocking of the assignment parameters. It’s unpleasant and unnecessary. This is a learning environment, and learning the rules of grammar will make you a better writer. I suggest you take these things more seriously in future assignments.
    Ms. Whitehead
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    From: Kennedy Laurel ([email protected])
    To: Arthur Bean ([email protected])
    Sent: November 20, 10:00
    Hi, Arthur!
    How’s your story coming?? I LOVE that we get to write whatever we want! I told my mom that I had to watch a bunch of movies as RESEARCH for my story LOL!
    I was thinking that maybe we could swap story beginnings soon! I have part of my story (like, the first part!), but I was hoping to get your feedback BEFORE I go too far LOL! I am having trouble with my main character! Right now it’s a man, but I THINK it might be more fun to have it be a woman! GRRRL POWER LOL!!! I also changed my vampire idea into ALIENS. Vampires are so last year LOL!
    Anyway, do you have a new idea? Let me know if you want to swap soon! I think that’s how this is supposed to work with partners, right LOL?!
    Kennedy :)
    From: Arthur Bean ([email protected])
    To: Kennedy Laurel ([email protected])
    Sent: November 20, 10:20
    Dear Kennedy,
    I think that swapping stories is a great idea! Of course, mine is still very rough, so I’m not sure how much I’ll have to share with you. I’ve really been focusing my energy on writing my novel. But I would love to read your story and give you my edits. Having not read it, I know I can’t say this yet, but I think having a girl as a main character is a great idea. My mom read a lot of science fiction and always complained that the women in the books were only sex objects. So I say go for it!
    Yours truly,
    Arthur Bean
    From: Kennedy Laurel ([email protected])
    To: Arthur Bean ([email protected])
    Sent: November 20, 18:19
    Awesome, Arthur!!! I’ll change it and send you something next week, and you can do the same if you want!
    Maybe your mom can read my story too, since she’s a sci-fi expert LOL!!!
    K :)
    From: Arthur Bean ([email protected])
    To: Kennedy Laurel ([email protected])
    Sent: November 20, 18:23
    Hi, Kennedy,
    My mom can’t read your story. She’s dead. Sorry about that. I guess you’ll have to make do with just me.
    Yours truly,
    Arthur Bean
    From: Kennedy Laurel ([email protected])
    To: Arthur Bean ([email protected])
    Sent: November 21, 9:04
    Arthur! I am soooooo sorry! I felt awful when I read your email last night!!! What a terrible friend, bringing up your mom like that! I cried a LOT when I read that. I had no idea! I’m so sorry if I made you sad by bringing it up! That’s so sad! I’m amazed that you don’t talk about it more at school and stuff! Then I remembered that you started school late and TOTALLY realized that must be why! I’m such a JERK!
    If you ever