For this assignment, I’m working from pages 6 and 7 of Elements of the Writing Craft by Robert Olmstead.

1. Open with a two-word sentence. Subject and verb. Come up with ten possibilities.

1. We struggle.
2. We wander.
3. He raged.
4. I lied.
5. I complied.
6. He hungers.
7. I wept.
8. They rebelled.
9. We fought.
10. We fled. 

2. Choose a two-word sentence to open your story and follow it with a paragraph in the conditional, using the word, “would.”

We struggle. He would take more than he needed, I would restrict his prey.  Predators are a natural part of life, but try telling that to the victims. He would play with his food and I would deny him prey but, it only made his frenzy worse.

3. Hide an adjective inside a sentence.

We struggle. He would take more than he needed, I would restrict his prey. Predators are a natural part of life, but try telling that to the victims. He would play with his food and I would deny him young prey but, it only made his frenzy worse.