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- VERY IMPORTANT EQUATIONS (Definitely Not a Novel)By: Aaliyah Hussain
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- Aaliyah Hussain, sixteen. Future engineer by day. Secret author by night.
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- AALIYAH!
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- Still awake? Your math tutor comes at nine.
- Just finishing some formulas!
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- Sigh.
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- SHORT STORY SUBMITTED — A.H. MALIK
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- Step one: chase the dream. Step two: hope they never Google you.
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- The next morning at school.
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- Whoa. Didn't mean to knock your whole novel onto the floor.
- Relax. That was just a rough draft.
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- Looked like a plot twist to me.
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- On WritingBy: Stephen King
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- Still dreaming in ink?
- Still pretending your "biology notes" aren't guitar lyrics?
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- You ever think about...just doing it for real?
- I do. Then I remember who I'm trying to convince.
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- Dinner time.
- Engineering is a future. Reliable. Respected.
- So is being a bestselling author. With enough caffeine.
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- Writing is fine for a hobby. Not a career.
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- Her story didn't fit on their checklist.
- Chapter One: She Wanted More...
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- The next day in the school library with Zaid.
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- WRITING CONTEST: Submission received.
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- You actually submitted it?
- Yeah. Pen name and everything. Felt dramatic.
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- You're living the double life I always wanted.
- My parents think I'm writing physics notes.
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- Mine think my band is a "group project."
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- Here. Put these on.
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- I wrote this last week. Kind of inspired by someone.
- Is that someone me or your stress rash?
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- Some truths sound better in stereo.
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- You've been submitting stories?
- Technically, I never said I wasn't.
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- Through Your POV: Short Story by A.H. Malik
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- What's next? Poetry instead of paychecks?
- I just want the freedom to write something that means something. To me.
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- Step two: write anyway.
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- Open Mic Night. Aaliyah is texting Zaid backstage.
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- Zaid
- Heard you got shortlisted. Let's go, Author.
- Aaliyah
- Don't jinx it. But yes. Reading night. Come?
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- 2 hours later, it is Aaliyah's time to present.
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- This story is for anyone whose been told they're being "too unrealistic.