| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Buttered Side Down by Edna Ferber: laundry and the cost of hiring a horse and rig for a couple of
hours. One had even summoned him to ask if there was a Bible in
the house. But this latest question was a new one. He stared,
leaning against the door and thrusting one hand into the depths of
his very tight breeches pocket.
"Why, there's Pearlie Schultz," he said at last, with a grin.
"Who's she?" The leading lady sat up expectantly.
"Steno."
The expectant figure drooped. "Blonde? And Irish crochet
collar with a black velvet bow on her chest?"
"Who? Pearlie? Naw. You mustn't get Pearlie mixed with the
Buttered Side Down |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf: she gave to the blind, letting it fly up to the top with a snap,
signified her annoyance. She was very angry, and yet impotent to give
expression to her anger, or know with whom she was angry. How they
talked and moralized and made up stories to suit their own version of
the becoming, and secretly praised their own devotion and tact! No;
they had their dwelling in a mist, she decided; hundreds of miles away
--away from what? "Perhaps it would be better if I married William,"
she thought suddenly, and the thought appeared to loom through the
mist like solid ground. She stood there, thinking of her own destiny,
and the elder ladies talked on, until they had talked themselves into
a decision to ask the young woman to luncheon, and tell her, very
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: a single horseman riding toward him. Both riders wheeled their
mounts sharply and were ready to run and shoot back. Not more
than a hundred paces separated them. They stood then for a
moment watching each other.
"Mawnin', stranger," called the man, dropping his hand from his
hip.
"Howdy," replied Duane, shortly.
They rode toward each other, closing half the gap, then they
halted again.
"I seen you ain't no ranger," called the rider, "an' shore I
ain't none."
The Lone Star Ranger |
