"Life can be strung together with a series of trite phrases and sentences" True, it can --- but it does not make a story readible. If all one wants to do is tie down a life's worth of living into cliches why not just sing a bollywood song and get it over with. After all there are all kinds of tune to suit every cliched mood. If doodling is all one wants to do then let thought flow free without the pretentions of looted thoughts. Some of the heart warming tales scattered throughout the forum have a way of sneaking into the imagination and creating in the mind pulsing entities ---- your grammatically correct rendition of a young woman's woe fails to give life to anything other than words. You have great talent ---- its just shrouded in your need to portray perfection (pardon the cliche :))