Work travel has been a bit crazy but I am back writing again. Never mind the fact that I am running the Boston Marathon in, um, six days! However, the Write To Win contest deadline is APRIL 20TH. That is 10 days away, basically.
I have begun digging into the minds of 32 year-old Wade Fendingham, his older sister, Danielle, and 27 year-old Allison Stark. I’ve got an idea, and a mere 1500 words to work with.
“He reached for… the gold-plated letter opener…” – Write To Win starter line, with my object…
It is the mid-1980’s and Allison is off on her first ever mission with the International Rescue Committee, serving out goodwill to the starving, repressed people in Sudan. The Darfur Conflict is several years off, but the civil war is well under way. Allison is living out a lifetime dream, working in a far-off land, connecting with people and driving positive change.
Before her journey, she befriends Danielle in Manhattan, with whom she shares a yoga class. Shortly thereafter, Danielle introduces Allison to her socially awkward younger brother, Wade, who happens to be a commercially successful author.
It was painful to get this far, but I have a number of directions I am contemplating taking the story line. I am concerned about length. Nevertheless, I will submit a story to this contest. My postmarked envelope will go no later than April 20th, 2007.
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