Writing Boots

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From the pen of the writer Lou Engleman, age 14 …

03.25.2009 by David Murray // 11 Comments

Working his way through the first draft of a school assignment, the young son of my friend Paul apparently began to realize his ideas were too pithy for the page requirement.

And he began to pad, at one point writing, "As I said near the end of my last paragraph …."

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  1. Steve C. says

    March 25, 2009 at 8:28 am

    The kid has a future in HR . . .
    Steve C.

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  2. Steve C. says

    March 25, 2009 at 8:28 am

    The kid has a future in HR . . .
    Steve C.

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  3. Susan says

    March 25, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Or as a corporate executive…

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  4. David Murray says

    March 25, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Or as a literary scholar.

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  5. Ron Shewchuk says

    March 25, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Or as a humorist.

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  6. Joan H. says

    March 25, 2009 at 11:36 am

    I’m with Susan–he has CEO written all over him. Especially if he was promoted out of IT.

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  7. Eileen B. says

    March 25, 2009 at 11:42 am

    I love this kid!

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  8. Ron Shewchuk says

    March 25, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    He reminds me of my own 14-year-old son. Too self-conscious for his own good, but funny as hell as he uses sarcasm to deal with the increasingly irritating and demanding world around him.

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  9. Joe Engleman says

    March 26, 2009 at 10:43 am

    If only I could write like that/

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  10. David Murray says

    March 26, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Joe, writers lose their linguistic facility with age, and you are nearly 17.

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  11. nancy carney says

    November 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    you sure are cute!! aunt nan

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