January 07, 2004

First Lines

I love writing sentences, paragraphs, and short essays, but the process of writing a short story or novel seems overwhelming. I have yet to develop the skill of breaking projects into manageable pieces. But that changes today.

I am going to write a story, a few sentences a day, starting today. I will continue this process for as many years as it takes me to finish the project, or until Thursday, when I get bored of it.

"His hands were as hard as ice and his heart as cold as a man who eats babies for breakfast with a side of wet puppy noses. Scrambled. No salt."

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