WOW: A Writing Challenge, Tooloo, Toolay!

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Original Posting 9 Aug 2010

Over here http://madgeniusclub.blogspot.com/2010/08/gaaah.html on The Mad Genius Club, there's a two-parter. One part is a discussion of "the rules" for a good story. The other part is a simple little exercise.

First, consider this short description.

I walked into the room and saw him. Furious, I moved to him and, without warning, slapped him as hard as I could.

Action, a couple of characters, even a hint of motivation and so forth. BUT... second, your task, should you choose to play along, is to expand it. Show us what's going on, in just three paragraphs. Make that scene real, make those people stand out in our reading, make us feel the gunshot "BLAM" of the unexpected slap, and...

WRITE!