Here is a little glimpse of my opening scene. Please provide me with some feedback so I can improve.
I can hear his teeth grinding as the handcuffs smashed onto his all ready bruised up wrists. “I’m so sorry, I’ll be back, I promise.” His voice echoed throughout the entire building as they pulled him down the stairs. Silent tears are already rolling down my pale cheeks. The poor little boy just clinged to my right leg as I tried to shove him back into the silent room. Without a word in my mouth, I closed the door once again. No need for words because this was already the fifth time this year. A boy without his dad. Nothing was changing, the same silence as it always has been. The little boy was now five years old. Five years of his short life that was without “him.” Each time just a little bit longer. Each time was a different excuse, another apology. But these doors were staying closed.
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These quotes that I chose were interesting. It kind of expresses the writers personality in some way. My quotes reflect to my style of writing and how I like to get into my writing process. It's fun to see different writers perspective on writing. Teaching Writing As a Process Not a Product (Don Murray)
Quote #1 “There is always magic in this for me, and wonder because I do not know what I am going to say until it is said. The writer within is always a stranger, with a grin, a top hat and long, quick fingers which produce what was not there before. I shall never know this magic man well, although he has been within me for sixty years. He entices me with his capacity to surprise.” Don Murray Quote #2 "The student should have the opportunity to write all the drafts necessary for him to discover what he has to say on this particular subject. Each new draft, of course, is counted as equal to a new paper. You are not teaching a product, you are teaching a process." Don Murray Quote #3 "The writing process itself can be divided into three stages: pre-writing, writing, and re-writing." Don Murray The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) Quote #1 “I write my stories in the morning, my diary at night.”( Anaïs Nin) Quote #2 “If groggy, type notes and allocate, as stimulus. If in fine fettle, write.”(Henry Miller) Quote #3 “The desk in the room, near the bed, with a good light, midnight till dawn, a drink when you get tired, preferably at home, but if you have no home, make a home out of your hotel room or motel room or pad: peace.”(Jack Kerouac) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) Quote #1 “Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” (E.L Doctorow) Quote #2 “It’s not like you don’t have a choice, because you do—you can either type of kill yourself”(Writer Undisclosed) Quote #3 “We’re still pretty far apart. I’m looking for a six-figured advance, and their refusing to read the manuscript.” Quotes for My Writing Process “Quiet and dark is where to stay.” “The more personal, the more interest engaged the reader will be.” “Practice makes perfect, never give up.” |
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