| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson: and during the journey to Davos, where I was to pass the
winter, had the resolution to think of other things and bury
myself in the novels of M. de Boisgobey. Arrived at my
destination, down I sat one morning to the unfinished tale;
and behold! it flowed from me like small talk; and in a
second tide of delighted industry, and again at a rate of a
chapter a day, I finished TREASURE ISLAND. It had to be
transcribed almost exactly; my wife was ill; the schoolboy
remained alone of the faithful; and John Addington Symonds
(to whom I timidly mentioned what I was engaged on) looked on
me askance. He was at that time very eager I should write on
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton: "Why, Evelina Bunner!"
"Oh, I don't care!" cried the younger recklessly, rushing back
into the shop.
Ann Eliza stood burning with the shame of Evelina's self-
exposure. She was shocked that, even to her, Evelina should lay
bare the nakedness of her emotion; and she tried to turn her
thoughts from it as though its recollection made her a sharer in
her sister's debasement.
The next evening, Mr. Ramy reappeared, still somewhat sallow
and red-lidded, but otherwise his usual self. Ann Eliza consulted
him about the investment he had recommended, and after it had been
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Juana by Honore de Balzac: us promise before God, who sees and hears us, to be faithful to each
other throughout our lives. Here, take my ring--and give me yours."
"Give you my ring!" she said in terror.
"Why not?" asked Montefiore, uneasy at such artlessness.
"But our holy father the Pope has blessed it; it was put upon my
finger in childhood by a beautiful lady who took care of me, and who
told me never to part with it."
"Juana, you cannot love me!"
"Ah!" she said, "here it is; take it. You, are you not another
myself?"
She held out the ring with a trembling hand, holding it tightly as she
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