These two sentences are from a book I am currently reading, Drop Shot by Harlan Coben. If you haven’t read any of his work you should take a look. Coben combines humor and mystery in a very unique style, and with sports thrown in, how can the reader lose?
“What’s-her-name was Jessica, which Esperanza knew very well. Esperanza did not care much for the love of Myron’s life.”
This week I wrote these two sentences in a short story:
“But time has its way of adjusting your take on things. After a couple of years inside, I picked up a routine.”
We have a brand new blogger participating in Two Sentence Tuesday, stop on over and say hi to Huddlekay.
Anyone out there got some great lines to share? We wanna see 'em!
Terrie
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Two Sentence Tuesday
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Terrie - great lines. You need to explain to the Bag Lady about this Two Sentence Tuesday. Can she play?
Hello!I'm so excited! there is such a great writing community on blogger. Ya'll have made me feel very welcome and I appreciate it! Thank you so much!
df Bag Lady, of course you can play! The more the merrier. here are your options. You can blog on any or all Tuesdays and put up two sentences that you have read in the last week and two sentences that you have written. the written sentences do not have to be from a work of fiction. You may have written a letter, or a to do list or something in a journal or diary. whatever it is, sharing is nice.
If you don't want to use your blog on Tuesdays to put up your two sentences, you can always visit us, or Travis Erwin or our new friend Huddlekay and write your sentences in the comments section.
It's fun to share.
Hi Huddlekay,
Welcome! We are always happy to have another writer in the mix.
Terrie
Don't know why Blogger's eating my comments. This is a test. Bait, really.
Okay, weird. My two lines are completely gone, though posted twice. The baited hook? Intact. *Sigh* Try, try again.
I read: That's what happened with those two rednecks in Austin. Rosemont's magnetism simply repelled instead of attracting, soothing them, and it had been about to happen again in the Casa Evangelista in Managua, a repeat of shocking events in Esteli, Kansas City, Des Moines, Austin.
-from The Magician and The Fool by Barth Anderson
I wrote: They were traveling at night, which was foolish if you needed to see trouble coming, but she couldn’t have survived the trip with the sun superheating the truck’s panels into radiant oven walls. She’d only been crated for three hours, according to her vibrating watch, when she felt the truck stopping and heard the yells.
Nice lines, Clare. Got me wondering what happens next!
Terrie
Okay, I'll play here and see how it goes!
I read: Peregrine, Joanie had informed her mother, came from a "good family". Peregrine, who spoke upper-class English with no lilt or inflection of Wales, soon had Joanie copying him.
(from Dick Francis - "Song for Mona")
I wrote: In my memory, the days leading up to the "incident" are drab and dreary, filled with cold winds and cloudy skies. Perhaps that is a trick my mind plays to emphasize the foreboding I should have felt but didn't.
(from my WIP)
I like 'em, Bag Lady. Your own are intriguing. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks, Clare! It's a little strange, putting my own out there...
df Bag Lady,
Boffo sentences! Thanks for posting them.
It does feel strange to put your own precious words out for the universe to see, but I think that is the great thing about Two Sentence Tuesdays (Kudos to Laura who came up with the idea.)
With two sentences we give away just a tiny bite, a sliver, so it's easier to post and helps instill confidence.
Lois also mentioned that she found herself polishing the two sentences before posting and wondered if she was going to have to polish her entire novel two sentence piece by two sentence piece!!
I am so happy that you decided to join us in this venture. I hope to see more of your wip in the days to come.
Terrie
Thanks, dfTerrie! Well, at the rate my WIP is progressing, I'll be able to participate in about 2 more 2-sentence Tuesdays!!!
Welcome, Kay! I visited your blog...neat stuff.
Bag Lady...it's about time you got into the two sentence Tuesdays! I've been waiting to read a sentence or two of yours NOT on your blog! LOL! And, hey, if it forces you to write two sentences a week, so much the better!
Now, I read absolutely nothing memorable this week. Oh, sure, a bunch of good stuff on blogs and such, but my head hurts and my reading has slowed to a crawl. As, unfortunately, has my writing.
But I did manage to write something, painful as it was. So here are two new sentences (or, actually, three):
Another man shoved past her and reached for the safety latches on the window. “If you won’t help, get out of the way,” he snapped. “I’m not dying on this fucking train.”
Bag lady,
Looking forward to your sentences next week.
Laura,
Action and suspense all rolled into one. Nice job!
Terrie
Great sentences this week. Sorry I bugged out but glad to see one of my fellow Amarillo writers jumping into the fray. Way to go huddlekay!
I demand (well, hope for) a permanent Amarillo outpost of 2-sentence Tuesday. Th ekind of place a weary writer can put her feet up, let the trail dust drift off her heels
Clare,
Between Travis and Huddlekay, I'm sure your demand will be met. ;)
Travis, we all get caught up in other things. Life gets in the way! A writer's life follows the do what you can when you can kind of living. And that's enough cliches for today.
Terrie
Great sentences! I'm already intrigued and want to read more.
And I've been having the same problem as Clare--sometimes I can't even comment on my own blog. I'm having to use the name/url option to get through.
Hi Crabby,
Pop in any Tuesday with a couple of sentences!
You and Merry are doing a great job over at Cranky Fitness but I have heard your desire to write some fiction, well here's your chance!
Terrie
Hey, this is fun! If we put all our sentences together....
well, maybe not.
Thanks, Laura. This actually has forced me to work on my WIP - but mostly to take it apart at the seams and ask myself what I was thinking! But that's okay, too.
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