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The Beauty Lesson
I still fume when I remember a boy in my 5th-grade science class. I was shy and silent at that age and everything bothered me. My mom had moved my sisters and I away from Indianapolis to Detroit after she and my dad got a divorce. It made me sad and angry to leave my dad and other relatives here. That mean boy told me one day that my hair was dirty. At the time, I didn’t care about hair or clothes because I was too young and depressed. When he told me that, I went home and scrubbed my hair VERY hard and soaked in the tub in steaming…
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EMMIE OF INDIANAPOLIS a novel
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EMMIE OF INDIANAPOLIS a novel
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EMMIE OF INDIANAPOLIS a novel
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EMMIE OF INDIANAPOLIS a novel
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How Can A Writer Make Their Stories More Entertaining?
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 Telling Stories: Part Two Webster’s Dictionary defines the word story primarily as a noun: an account of an incident or event; a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question; an anecdote; a narrative; a legend. There are other definitions of the word story, but I will discuss the first one today. A story is an account or retelling of an incident or event. If someone says they witnessed an event such as a wedding, they would relate details in order to make the story interesting to the listener. While…
