pacing – Gwen Hernandez

Space and Time (Bonus Friday post)

You can also catch this post over at Romance Magicians… What do Einstein and writing guru Dwight V. Swain have in common? The theory of relativity. Einstein once famously said, “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and

The Sunday Squirrel: the night was dark

September 26, 2010Gwen HernandezThe Sunday Squirrel, Writing Craft

For my pacing class, we had to write opening lines based on some version of the sentence “The night was dark”. Each was supposed to include a minimum of the hooks listed in brackets. Below are my attempts. Which ones (if any) hooked you? “I’m not your mother,” she said, rocking gently on the porch