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Writing Exercise: “Autumn in a Pittsburgh Suburb” (Sense of Place)
“… [H]e could start up his coal business again. He’d heard someone call it “black gold” – or maybe that was oil? The hill was chock full of it, anyhow. That was it. He would dig for coal.” Continue reading
Writing Exercise: Routine in the Second Person
At first approach to setting your SOP [Standard Operating Procedure], you thought about a few things in combination. Your first concern was for her, of course, and your second concern was for what would work best. “Best” here was a determination met by calculating your sub-optimal options given the constraints presented by (1) caring about another person’s comfort and (2) living as a human with limited cognitive abilities. Continue reading
Writing Exercise: What it Feels Like to Wreck a Motorcycle at 65mph
“The rider lifted out of his seat, catching his foot on the handlebars, turning him as he began to soar. Motorcycle and rider continued forward at 55mph (89 km/h). The bike slowed more quickly than did the airborne rider, its whole side dragging and slowing its pace, stealing energy from its inertial force. The rider, meanwhile, continued turning as he flew forward.” Continue reading
Batman and Joker, Couples Therapy
“That’s what you think, but you don’t understand me. He -” he nods toward Bruce Wayne – “understands. A name and a title are two different things. “No one ever called me by my name. Not since my mother.” He winced. Continue reading
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Point of View Exercise – Travel Memoir (of 2014, written in 2020)
The man, pausing momentarily in uncertainty on Platform #3, makes a sudden turn as if kicked into gear. He marches down the stairs. He banks around a local man and his aged wife. The old man drags luggage up the ramp running alongside the stairs as the wife looks on in the silent judgment of a person who both requires someone’s assistance and one who doesn’t approve of the manner in which the assistance is being rendered. Continue reading
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