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At the writers conference, famed novelist Tom Robbins had us do a writing exercise.
1. Write down your favorite word... (Then we all read out our favorite words. Mine was Australopithecus. Say what?)
2. Write a first sentence of a story/novel/whatever, using that word... (Oh, if had known that's where he was heading!... So we read out our sentences. I had the class laughing.)
3. Write a second sentence that connects to that first one and opens up the potential of the story. (We all read our completed sentence pair.) Here's what I came up with:
"Most early hominids sported shaggy manes, but none had a more luxurious, enviable head of hair than Bob the Australopithecus. His sweaty female, Boo, however showed little interest in his chevelure and seemed far more jazzed by the rugged Javamen who had been beaching their sea canoes that morning." I didn't get a chance to explain away the time travel aspect... ;-)