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Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Friday, 4 February 2011
A Creative Writing Exercise
This exercise was done in the Creative Writing Club. The underlined text is what I wrote.
This time you are given a passage from which the descriptive prose has been omitted. Can you fill the blanks, choosing one of the following possibilities:
- The dialogue is part of the realistic description of the scene
- The dialogue is part of a macabre story, or of a thriller
- Other.
Read the whole passage and the title given below before attempting to fill in the blanks.
(The narrator, who has been looking for a hotel, has just seen a 'Bed and breakfast' sign outside the a house.)
It was getting late and Darth Vader was driving in search of a place called 'The Bell and Dragon' to spend the night. He found an Hotel that was closer and decided to check it out.
'Please come in,' the fat lady with a wart said behind the counter but, he just stayed by the entrance.
'I saw the notice in the window,' Darth said pointing to the window and holding the door with the other hand.
'Yes, I know.'
'I was wondering about a room.'
'It's all ready for you, my dear,' she said swinging the keys trying to make a starved, craving look.
'I was on my way to The Bell and Dragon,' he said avoiding her dirty looks, 'But the notice in your window just happened to catch my eye.'
'My dear boy,' she replied, getting away from the counter and approaching him, 'why don't you come in out of the cold?'
'How much do you charge?'
'Five and sixpence a night, including breakfast.'
Darth gave her an awkward look.
'If that's too much,' she added, concerned about losing a customer, 'then perhaps I can reduce it just a tiny bit. Do you desire an egg for breakfast? Eggs are expensive at the moment. It would be sixpence less without the egg.'
'Five and sixpence is fine,' he said happily, 'I should like very much to stay here.'
'I knew you would. Do come in.'
She offered him open-handed to take a look at the room. He nodded pleasently at her in silence. He loosed the belt which was holding his lightsaber and searched for a place to hand it.
'Just hang it there,' she said, 'and let me help you with your coat.'
She offered as she removed his long, dark coat.
'We have it all to ourselves,' the woman said with a creepy look rubbing his chest.
(From Roald Dahl, The Landlady)
Elizabeth Rocha
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