| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: words on cartridge-boxes and an advertisement on the back of a
tobacco-pouch. There seemed to be nothing for him to do. He had
rested; he did not want to lie down any more. He began to walk
to and fro, from one end of the room to the other. And as he
walked he fell into the lately acquired habit of brooding over
his misfortune.
Suddenly he straightened up with a jerk. Unconsciously he had
drawn his gun. Standing there with the bright cold weapon in
his hand, he looked at it in consternation. How had he come to
draw it? With difficulty he traced his thoughts backward, but
could not find any that was accountable for his act. He
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: cortege, and swinging regularly an ebony staff taller than himself.
The darkness deepened fast; torches gleamed fitfully, passing behind
bushes; a long hail or two trailed in the silence of the evening; and
at last the night stretched its smooth veil over the shore, the
lights, and the voices.
Then, just as we were thinking of repose, the watchmen of the
schooner would hail a splash of paddles away in the starlit gloom of
the bay; a voice would respond in cautious tones, and our serang,
putting his head down the open skylight, would inform us without
surprise, "That Rajah, he coming. He here now." Karain appeared
noiselessly in the doorway of the little cabin. He was simplicity
Tales of Unrest |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: But Anne continued to face Mrs. Rachel undauntedly,
head up, eyes blazing, hands clenched, passionate
indignation exhaling from her like an atmosphere.
"How dare you say such things about me?" she repeated
vehemently. "How would you like to have such things said
about you? How would you like to be told that you are fat
and clumsy and probably hadn't a spark of imagination in
you? I don't care if I do hurt your feelings by saying so!
I hope I hurt them. You have hurt mine worse than they
were ever hurt before even by Mrs. Thomas' intoxicated
husband. And I'll NEVER forgive you for it, never, never!"
Anne of Green Gables |
