I've got a story that is based on my life, but I crowded out my heart and embellished it with all kinds of literary devices because I wrote it for school. It caused me not to like the piece, but I do still like the actual story. So now I have to go over it and pick out the parts that are actually in my heart, and purify it of the parts that I only used to make myself sound like an elitist literary author. It will be a somewhat painful challenge. My incentive is the This Is Life Writing Contest, so it looks like Writersco is benefiting me. YaY! Thanks.