"We write to taste life twice." --Anais Nin

"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."--William Strunk, Jr.

"There is nothing to write about, you say. Well then, write and let me know just this - that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well." --Pliny the Younger

"Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you." --Real Live Preacher

"A writer's problem does not change. It is always how to write truly and having found out what is true to project it in such a way that it becomes part of the experience of the person who reads it." --Ernest Hemingway

"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." --Mark Twain

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." --Samuel Johnson

"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader." --Robert Frost

"The great art in writing is to know when to stop." --Josh Billings

Publications

Here is a list of short stories written by students at Sunshine Academy and published by Anthology of Short Stories by Young Americans.

 

Grade	Author	Title
K	Derek Dong	A Talking Dog
K	Joshua Fu	Geese
1	Katherine Nei	Teacher
2	Adam Yao	Stressed Out
2	Anthony Sun	What If You Were Invisible
2	Austin Zhang	A Talking Bird
2	Charles Huang	Superpower
2	Christy Qian	The Sunny Town
2	David Li	The Flower and the Grass
2	David Wang	The Unfound Treasure
2	Edward Shen	My Talking Hamster
2	Edwin Diep	Sammy
2	Elaine Ding	What Would Happen If Children Ruled the World
2	Elizabeth Ding	Finally Out
2	Eric He	My Dream
2	Ethan Chen	My Eagle
2	Harrison Szeto	My Best Friend
2	Ian Kang	New Greenland
2	Janice Li	Snowys Adventure
2	Jeffrey Diep	Mascots
2	Jeffrie Wang	The Elf Colored the Rainbow
2	Jerry Huang	Andy the Little Rat
2	Lawrence Zhen	How Would You Change The World To Make It Better
2	Lewis Liu	My Talking Penguin
2	Richard Lun	Time Machine
2	Shannon Xiao	Pets
2	Sylvia Tan	Magic
2	William Sun	Leprechaun and My WillTrap
3	Alan Jiang	What Would Happen If I Found Gold In My Backyard
3	Albert Xu	Food Chain in the Rainforest
3	Alex Feng	Fluffy
3	Alexander Yang	Gold in My Backyard
3	Charlton Zhu	Magic Land
3	Christopher Bi	My First Day of School
3	Daniel Zhang	My Moon Trip
3	Debbie Dong	Mom and Seven Girls
3	Dianne Ge	The History of the Rainbows
3	Edward Chen	What Would Happen If You Could Become Invisible
3	Ethan Ding	What If I Could Fly
3	Ethan Tsoi	The Creation of Rainbows
3	Jennifer Liu	If You Could Give Any Gift in the World
3	Jessie Feng	Helen Keller
3	John Feng	The Special Dog
3	Kathryn Nei	Squirrel Friends
3	Kathryn Yang	Fruits Debate
3	Kevin Liu	My Dream Machines
3	Kevin Liu	The Dragon Slayer
3	Larry Feng	A Journey with a Flying Monkey That Talks
3	Nicholas Lee	My Little Sister
3	Rachel Xing	What Would Happen If Animals Could Talk
3	Richard Chung	Mark the Talking Bird
3	Sean Cai	What If Everyone Lived in Space
3	Tiffany Cai	Miriam and Yargher Golden-Eyes
4	Christie Xin	A Beautiful Sarcophagus
4	David Li	Space City
4	Edward Shen	What If I Could Fly
4	Emily Lu	How All My Wishes Came True
4	Ian Kang	My New Car
4	Timothy Liu	If I Were a Drop of Water
4	William Sun	A New Discovery in Space
5	Alex Feng	Alien Invasion
5	Charles Eng	What If I Could Become Invisible
5	Charlotte Cai	A New World
5	Dannie Griggs	If Kids Ruled the World
5	Kevin Liu	The Dragon Slayer 2
6	Caleb Kang	Grands Adventure
6	Max Wang	Flying Penguin
8	Ellen Kan	Meow! My Best Friend