As of this morning, I have completed the first full rough draft of my novel,
The Asparagus Revival. I've been prancing around the house - yes, prancing - with the attitude of "There's nothing I can't do!" Let's hope that attitude follows me into the editing process. Hooray for magical 15 minute moments, days off of work and Mom's rhubarb pie for breakfast which all made this possible.
As for the fortune cookie story - I'm thinking short story and more of that will be coming soon.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Three Openings
I started a writing class last Monday on stories and so far - out of the two Monday night classes so far, it's been fun. Not at all like the bogus workshops I suffered through in college where we were graded on how much we could 'constructively' tear each other's work to shreds. I'm actually getting something useful out of this class.
For last night's assignment we had to write three different openings to the same story, or to three different stories. Here are mine:
1.
"You are entering a time of great promise and overdue rewards." Allison crunched the fortune cookie and smiled. Ever since she had ditched the unreliable horoscopes and moved to fortune cookies for her daily compass, she had felt that she was more and more on the right track. Except for that one that had said "Your doubts should disappear early this month." Well, she shrugged, in every batch of apples there'll be a rotten one.
2.
Allison smiled at the receptionist and looked at the clock again. She had been 10 minutes early for the interview, and now Mr. Ephram was 15 minutes late. She rummaged through her purse, finding a mint and a fortune cookie from yesterday's lunch. Allison popped the mint and cracked the cookie, letting the pieces fall into her purse as she read, "There is yet time for you to take a different path."
3.
Allison looked up at the climbing wall from her indentation on the mat. Her fingers were blistered, her will to go on - climbing - dented and bruised, and ther faith in the fortune cookie slipping. Her last fortune had said "Now is the time to enjoy trying something new." But pottery had been a flop, hot yoga was a hot mess, nothing but dandilions grew from her gardening endeavors and now rock climbing had been a complete failiure. And she had an awful wedgie. She had cracked open another cookie yesterday and the fortune read "there is yet time to take a different path." She sighed and wiggled out of her harness.
Which do you like best?
For last night's assignment we had to write three different openings to the same story, or to three different stories. Here are mine:
1.
"You are entering a time of great promise and overdue rewards." Allison crunched the fortune cookie and smiled. Ever since she had ditched the unreliable horoscopes and moved to fortune cookies for her daily compass, she had felt that she was more and more on the right track. Except for that one that had said "Your doubts should disappear early this month." Well, she shrugged, in every batch of apples there'll be a rotten one.
2.
Allison smiled at the receptionist and looked at the clock again. She had been 10 minutes early for the interview, and now Mr. Ephram was 15 minutes late. She rummaged through her purse, finding a mint and a fortune cookie from yesterday's lunch. Allison popped the mint and cracked the cookie, letting the pieces fall into her purse as she read, "There is yet time for you to take a different path."
3.
Allison looked up at the climbing wall from her indentation on the mat. Her fingers were blistered, her will to go on - climbing - dented and bruised, and ther faith in the fortune cookie slipping. Her last fortune had said "Now is the time to enjoy trying something new." But pottery had been a flop, hot yoga was a hot mess, nothing but dandilions grew from her gardening endeavors and now rock climbing had been a complete failiure. And she had an awful wedgie. She had cracked open another cookie yesterday and the fortune read "there is yet time to take a different path." She sighed and wiggled out of her harness.
Which do you like best?
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