Category Archives: Lesson 6

Lying awake in my bed, I could still hear the muffled voices of the others downstairs. I couldn’t tell what they were saying, but from the tone and pitch of their voices, I sometimes knew who was speaking. The reverberation … Continue reading →

5 important events that occurred during the time frame chosen I was in Jr. High and a very impressionable kid. I was quiet and sensitive so I spent a lot of time imagining things that could never come true. I … Continue reading →

Brian Piccolo lay in the hospital bed, motionless. The tubes in his arm were supplying the chemo that his body was not responding to. He looked to be frozen in pain, as frozen as his sterile room with its bare … Continue reading →

Something woke me. At first I didn’t know what it was and I kept perfectly still, listening. The room was very dark but the light from the moon shining though the window brightened it slightly. My sister slept in her … Continue reading →

I jumped awake, and my heart sank as I realised what time it was. The murky darkness of the street outside crept into my room, and I squinted in the darkness until I could see the outline of my door, … Continue reading →

Exercise 1: Rewrite Lesson 5 as if telling a friend An experience in a raunchy pub. “Gee whiz what a weekend I have just experienced and for a while there I was concerned that I would get to see the … Continue reading →