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Hey! Its time for yet another story for the Swipe File! The story that I'm currently writing is called Oathrune, in this book, the main character Swift, is given a second chance at life when he's saved from the streets by the Prince. However, after years of growing up together, Swift is framed for killing the King and the Queen. Hunted by the Prince, enemies hidden behind friendly faces, Swift has to uncover the motives of those who framed him, while avoiding the misguided wrath of the Prince. Hope you enjoy this one, its in the writing process now!

"To come back to the question, the wise man, self-sufficient as he is, still desires to have a friend if only for the purpose of practicing friendship and ensuring that those talents are not idle. Not, as Epicurus put it in the same letter, 'for the purpose of having someone to come and sit beside his bed when he is ill or come to his rescue when he is hard up or thrown into chains', but so that on the contrary he may have someone by whose sickbed he himself may sit or whom he may himself release when that person is held prisoner by hostile hands. Anyone thinking of his own interests and seeking out friendship with this in view is making a great mistake. Things will end up as they began; he has secured a friend who is going to come to his aid if captivity threatens: at the first clank of a chain that friend will disappear. These are what are commonly called fair-weather friendships. A person adopted as a friend for the sake of his usefulness will be cultivated only for so ...

Trevor Brown Mrs. Frampton 4/10/17 4th period Swipe File #10 Tips for a Stellar College Application Essay 1. Write about something that's important to you. It could be an experience, a person, a book—anything that has had an impact on your life.2.  2. Don't just recount—reflect!  Anyone can write about how they won the big game or the summer they spent in Rome. When recalling these events, you need to give more than the play-by-play or itinerary. Describe what you learned from the experience and how it changed you. 3. Being funny is tough. A student who can make an admissions officer laugh never gets lost in the shuffle. But beware. What you think is funny and what an adult working in a college thinks is funny are probably different. We caution against one-liners, limericks and anything off–color. 4. Start early and write several drafts. Set it aside for a few days and read it again. Put yourself in the shoes of an admissions officer: Is the es...