| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: visited the spot, and liked it, and built themselves
habitations in the neighborhood. So here, in the course of a
few years, was another thriving city, with a red freestone
palace in the center of it, where Thasus sat upon a throne,
doing justice to the people, with a purple robe over his
shoulders, a sceptre in his hand, and a crown upon his head.
The inhabitants had made him king, not for the sake of any
royal blood (for none was in his veins), but because Thasus was
an upright, true-hearted, and courageous man, and therefore fit
to rule.
But when the affairs of his kingdom were all settled, King
Tanglewood Tales |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: thing that your trilogist would have regarded her with
disgust. Here was no slow unfolding, petal by petal. Here
were two processes going on, side by side. Fanny, the woman
of business, flourished and throve like a weed, arrogantly
flaunting its head above the timid, white flower that lay
close to the soil, and crept, and spread, and multiplied.
Between the two the fight went on silently.
Fate, or Chance, or whatever it is that directs our
movements, was forever throwing tragic or comic little life-
groups in her path, and then, pointing an arresting finger
at her, implying, "This means you!" Fanny stepped over
Fanny Herself |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: lin -- no doubt excited by the sight and pace of the others --
recovered their strength and kept up for some minutes.
The three carriages were hidden in a cloud of dust. From
this cloud issued the cracking of whips mingled with ex-
cited shouts and exclamations of anger.
Nevertheless, the advantage remained with Michael and
his companions, which might be very important to them
if the relay was poorly provided with horses. Two car-
riages were perhaps more than the postmaster could provide
for, at least in a short space of time.
Half an hour after the berlin was left far behind, look-
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