EXERCISE: Daddy, what's a parachute?
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writercisesOuch, that was embarrassing!
Here's the scene. My wife and myself met friends yesterday - a couple our age, their son and daughter-in-law, and their two youngsters (one two years old, one six years old). We went to dinner, nice talk, everything good.
But along the way, we were talking about the Grand Canyon glass walk? The one that sticks out a ways, recently opened? And my wife happened to mention her idea about renting parachutes. We all chuckled.
That's when the six-year-old boy looked at his father and said, "Daddy, what's a parachute?"
Do you have any idea how hard it is to explain what a parachute is?
So, there's the exercise. Feel free to draft a set of characters to fit your preferences, and have a youngster ask what a parachute is. Then have the other characters explain.
Simple, right?
Here's the scene. My wife and myself met friends yesterday - a couple our age, their son and daughter-in-law, and their two youngsters (one two years old, one six years old). We went to dinner, nice talk, everything good.
But along the way, we were talking about the Grand Canyon glass walk? The one that sticks out a ways, recently opened? And my wife happened to mention her idea about renting parachutes. We all chuckled.
That's when the six-year-old boy looked at his father and said, "Daddy, what's a parachute?"
Do you have any idea how hard it is to explain what a parachute is?
So, there's the exercise. Feel free to draft a set of characters to fit your preferences, and have a youngster ask what a parachute is. Then have the other characters explain.
Simple, right?
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