Short Story Exercise "Keep The Engine Running"...
Okay gang, I've got something different for you all today. A writing exercise. I did one of these a while back and it was well received. I hope this one will also be as popular. Sometimes when we're writing, pacing can be an issue. We have characters who can't (or won't in some stubborn cases) leave a room or a scene which winds up becoming stagnant and boring for the reader. As writers, it's up to us to keep things interesting with every scene. Other times we rush through a whole bunch of events within a few pages so things become a mish-mash of actions that might have been better off being spaced out across the entire story instead of clumped together. So pacing your story becomes very important. And I found this little exercise to be both a challenge and a lot of fun. It's called "Keep The Engine Running". The rules are as follows: 1 - Have two characters in a vehicle, with a destination in mind. The driver of the ...