Why I Stopped Smiling: Based On True Thoughts

Introduction

  
Sam Collie:
Hello, my name is Sam Collie. I am a normal twelve year old girl. I go to Sunset Valley Middle School. Right now, it's summer break for me. It's the middle of June, and I am bored enough to write a book. And I don't even like writing! How weird! Weird. That's what a lot of people refer to me as. I'm fine with that. Personally, I think that being weird, is the same as being good. I mean, everyone has their own opinions about what the word "weird" means. I believe that the word "weird" means good or different. Speaking of opinions, that's what my whole book is going to be based on. Opinions. Hmph, such an interesting thing. Everyone's opinions are different. And I can respect that! Don't get me wrong, everyone has their own opinions, including me, and I totally understand that! Anyway, if you're wondering, no. This is not a diary. There will be no diary entries, no "dear diary" stuff, or anything like that. Also, if you still don't know what this book is about, this whole book will be about my opinion. (I know that sounds exactly like what a diary is, but it's not, I promise.) In this book, I will be talking about my opinion on how girls should be treated, and how stupid it is about how people expect girls to smile, or on how to act, and stuff like that. I guess I should be saying thank you for reading this part of th his book, but I just wanted to let you know what I think.

Beck Lewiston:

Umm, hi. My name is Beck Lewis, as most of you know by now. And, I guess this book is about my opinion about how girls should act and stuff like that. So, I am an eleven year old, almost twelve, girl. I am go to a normal school and am pretty shy. I am very socially awkward and don't really like to talk to people. I don't know why, but I cannot make eye contact. Everyone tells me that I should, but that's their opinion. Opinions. Hmm... that's what this whole book will be based on. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my part of this book. I will try to give my honest opinion about things. Thanks for getting this far in the introduction! See ya in my next part!

Evie Carter:

Hello! My name is Evie Carter. No, my name is not pronounced with a long "E" sound at the beginning. No, it's just a short "E" sound. Evie. I am twelve years old and I go to South Shores Middle School. I love going to school. I just love the idea of seeing friends and joining clubs and sports and stuff like that. For that reason, people call me a nerd. But that's just their opinions about me. I'm the kind of girl who always writes long essays and always does extra credit. And I'm proud that I'm that kind of person. I don't have that much of a social life, but I have a few really good friends. As I always said: having a few good friends is way better than having a ton of fake ones. Anyway, about this book thing, I'm really looking forward to giving my opinion about things. I always loved having a say in something. I have always felt that everyone should have a say in everything. For this book, I don't think I'll be writing in a diary form because I'm not really that kind of person. I'll just be writing in this book like one of my many essays for my school work. I hope you guys are all okay with that. Well, I'll see ya in my next part! Toodles!

Note From The Author:

Hello friends! It's Sale-Writings! As you guys know, this is one of the books I am writing. I just want to thank you for stumbling into my book and actually reading it. This book will be following the story of three separate girls who aren't connected at all. All of them have separate, unique stories, just like everyone else. None of these girls are me in real life, these are just some girls from my imagination who face challenges in their life. I can't wait for you guys to start reading the rest of my book! This book won't be super long, so don't expect very much. Anyway, when or if you ever finish this book, make sure to check out my other book which is pretty new, and being worked on. It's called Knowledge + Power = Death. It's very interesting and mysterious. I think you all will like it. To end this chapter, I want to give some of my favorite people in the world some shoutouts. First, to baconcheese3000. He is a great person. Make sure to checkout some of his books, Summer Camp, And The Bacon Book. Also, shoutout to peaceful-writing101. She is awesome and one of my best friends. Check out her book, Overprotective. Shoutout to Cookie-cat-girly5. She is also one of my best friends. Check out her book, The Brothers I Always Wanted. Another shoutout to Abrielle-js. Sadly, she has not written any books yet. But she is amazing and she is one of my best friends as well! Last shoutout is to Hershey-cat-is-best. She is also one of my best friends. Make sure to check out her book, Learning to Love Again. You should totally go follow those people and read their books. Thanks guys for making it this far! See ya in my next chapters! Love ya!