Inspirational Writer:

I found Xiaolu Guo to be inspirational in 20 Things of a Ravenous Youth. The main character suffered through so many hardships in China: Six moves in one year, a crazy ex-lover that destroyed her stuff, swarms of cockroaches, three day train trips to get home to visit her family, and dead-end jobs. Somehow she perseveres and keeps writing through all of it. I'm thinking if she could keep writing, I should be able to as well.