I bet more than a few folks have ether started or restarted a novel since we entered our shared isolation. So…for today please write the first paragraph of your novel. The challenge: you must use the following three words seamlessly in your response: commotion, embellish, reservoir.
Guidelines: All responses should be less than 200 words. When you are done, please post your response in the comments section if you are so inclined. If you do so, please include your name and understand the expectation that your response should easily fit within PG-13 boundaries.
Created and curated by J. Ross Peters, Educational Consultant, Writer, Poet, Photographer, Folk Art Fan, Guitar Hack
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Erin says
It was true: Glenda had always had a tendency to embellish. They weren’t lies, exactly. But she seemed to possess a nearly bottomless reservoir of partial truths: excuses, blurred lines, fudges, that roamed within, say, 10-15% of the technical truth. Usually.
When she heard the commotion in the front room of the City Manager’s office that April afternoon, she had to admit she’d become loose about her own guidelines. How far over had she gone? 20%? 25%? Was it possible she’d wandered as far as 30% away from the letter of the law?
A tall man with dark hair and an olive complexion, and a petite woman, slightly darker than he, her hair pulled into a tight, pert ponytail, stood before her assistant’s desk. They wore dark police or security uniforms (she couldn’t quite make out the insignia from where she stood), and the man carried a large accordion file, perched on his hip.
The audit had come home to roost.
rpeters says
Awesome–I am left wanting more! Erin–thanks for doing this! Glenda, BTW, is a great name.