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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Narrative Tenses: The Common Writing Project

The Writing Project
As I mentioned in class, our next aim is to practice Narrative Tenses, and for that, we came up with the following writing project (hope you can make good use of it and enjoy it!).

This is the deal:
TASK: Building up a story by adding a paragraph, sentence, even a word. You can contribute as many times as you want, as long as you follow others' threads. Make sure you keep the writing style, but of course feel free to let your imagination and inspiration grow. Our deadline to "close" the story will be February 14th. At the end of if we'll all decide the most suitable title for it. So, join the project and happy writing!


That winter was a long time going. A freezing wind blew through the streets of the city, and overhead the snow clouds moved across the sky. The old man who was called Drioli shuffled painfully along the sidewalk of the Rue de Rivoli. He was cold and miserable. He moved glancing without any interest at the things in the shop windows - perfume, silk ties and shirts, diamonds, furniture, books.
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