EXERCISE: she said quietly...
Jul. 19th, 2008 03:05 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
mbarker.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
writercisesOriginal Posting: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 02:27:30 -0500
Build those characters, fill in that scene, shore up the plot, and (at the very least), write the next paragraph.
If you want to go ahead and write the whole tale of woe, comedy, or whatever, feel free to do so.
(WOW! Did you really write that? Oh, you should go on and finish...;-)
[Poets may feel empowered to take the gist of the point and embellish it. Essay writers may prefer to pontificate on their own versions of the concept. Etc., etc., etcetera, as Yul Brenner said.]
"Don't light that gasoline," she said quietly.There you go. Take that line. Who is she? Who is she talking to? Where is the gasoline? Why are they going to light it (or not light it!)?
Build those characters, fill in that scene, shore up the plot, and (at the very least), write the next paragraph.
If you want to go ahead and write the whole tale of woe, comedy, or whatever, feel free to do so.
(WOW! Did you really write that? Oh, you should go on and finish...;-)
[Poets may feel empowered to take the gist of the point and embellish it. Essay writers may prefer to pontificate on their own versions of the concept. Etc., etc., etcetera, as Yul Brenner said.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}