EXERCISE: and then...
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writercisesoriginal posting: Thu, 31 May 2001 22:22:55 -0400
a simple sort of beginning, and yet the reader is likely to keep reading just to find out what was wrong. What is the "something"? Why was the front door open?
What happens next? Does he find something else? Does he do something?
Here's one way that it might go:
And so on and on, until the ending.
What kind of a story could you write, starting with that simple sentence and two words?
Go ahead, make my day and write!
He knew something was wrong when he found the front door open.
a simple sort of beginning, and yet the reader is likely to keep reading just to find out what was wrong. What is the "something"? Why was the front door open?
What happens next? Does he find something else? Does he do something?
Here's one way that it might go:
He knew something was wrong when he found the front door open.
Then he found the visions on the floor.
The day had started out normally enough. ...
After he found the visions on the floor, he started yelling, "Margaret?"
And so on and on, until the ending.
What kind of a story could you write, starting with that simple sentence and two words?
He knew something was wrong when he found the front door open.
Go ahead, make my day and write!
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