| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: they know all about each other's insides. They talk
themselves out, and there's nothing left to write about. A
little of that kind of thing purges and cleanses. Too much
of it poisons, and clogs. No, ma'am! When I want to talk I
go down and chin with the foreman of our composing room.
There's a chap that has what I call conversation. A
philosopher, and knows everything in the world. Composing
room foremen always are and do. Now, that's all of that.
How about Fanny Brandeis? Any sketches? Come on.
Confess. Grand street, anyway."
"I haven't touched a pencil, except to add up a column of
Fanny Herself |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: speculate about the state of the weather from their success in
fishing. When the fish disappeared at the rock, it was
considered a sure indication that a gale was not far off, as
the fish seemed to seek shelter in deeper water from the
roughness of the sea during these changes in the weather. At
this time the rock, at high-water, was completely covered with
podlies, or the fry of the coal-fish, about six or eight
inches in length. The artificers sometimes occupied half an
hour after breakfast and dinner in catching these little
fishes, but were more frequently supplied from the boats of
the tender.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dreams & Dust by Don Marquis: You begin your steps demurely--
There's a spirit almost prim
In the feet that move so surely,
So discreetly, to the chime
Of the music that so sweetly
Marks the time.
But the chords begin to tinkle
Quicker,
And your feet they flash and flicker--
Twinkle!--
Flash and flutter to a tricksy
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