| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: of the little valley which I had stumbled upon by acci-
dent, and which I might and might not find again.
We traveled directly toward Sari. Stopping at the
camp where I had been captured I recovered my express
rifle, for which I was very thankful. I found it lying
where I had left it when I had been overpowered in my
sleep by the Sagoths who bad captured me and slain my
Mezop companions.
On the way I added materially to my map, an occu-
pation which did not elicit from the Sagoths even a
shadow of interest. I felt that the human race of Pelluci-
Pellucidar |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: The worlds revolve like ancient women
Gathering fuel in vacant lots.
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Twelve o’clock.
Along the reaches of the street
Held in a lunar synthesis,
Whispering lunar incantations
Dissolve the floors of the memory
And all its clear relations,
Its divisions and precisions,
Every street lamp that I pass
Prufrock/Other Observations |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber: after all, does it?"
"Yes, it helps. For now we understand one another,
is it not so? You say you can only write for a living.
Then why not write here at home? Surely these years of
newspaper work have given you a great knowledge of human
nature. Then too, there is your gift of humor. Surely
that is a combination which should make your work
acceptable to the magazines. Never in my life have I
seen so many magazines as here in the United States. But
hundreds! Thousands!"
"Me!" I exploded--"A real writer lady! No more
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