OK, so I'm taking a free writing class online for fun (of course they are trying to sell you something). The lesson they had me do is take the three words: Fire, Clock, and Certainty and put them in a story, which you have to write in 5 minutes. The first word of one of the story had to be one of the words. Also, you weren't allowed to think while writing which is pretty much writing class 101. So, I did it and it created something that doesn't seem like me at all. Of course, they replied that it was outstanding, but not to take their word for it, but show it to my friends. I think it is crap and will not be offended if you think it is crap. I hope you think it is crap in fact, because I want to see how form lettery their response was. Shoot, I should have written pure crap and seen what they would have said. Here it is:
Fire welled up inside of him. He was so angry. His eyes bulged out as he
stared at the clock watching each precious second tick by. How could she be
so late? How could she be so inconsiderate? All right, it was only their
first date and only five minutes had passed, but tardiness is unforgivable.
That was a certainty in all aspects of lfe. He had never been late for
anything in his life. He was born on the day the doctors predicted and hit
puberty at 13 just like the health books in school said he should.
Now, he could not wait any longer. "This is ridiculous. Being stood up in
a coffee house," he muttered under his breath, getting up to leave. "I'm
not going to wait any longer." Just then, she entered wearing a light,
flowered, summery dress. She saw him and smiled, her hair glistened as a
breeze brushed through it.
"Sorry, I'm late." Her eyes sparkled under the art house lighting.
"I didn't even realize. I just got here myself," he replied as he pulled
out a chair for her.
