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.
- We struggle.
- We wander.
- He raged.
- I lied.
- I complied.
- He hungers.
- I wept.
- They rebelled.
- We fought.
- 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.