“Our Most True,” Collaboration with Elies Van Renterghem, Part 8/8
(See Elies Van Renterghem, Image 1)
Setting: Melody and Thea are lying in the grass in the Knox’s back yard, Saturday afternoon, early May 2009.
You know, I don’t know what it is, but I think about her all the time, Violaine. I mean, she’s not even real, [...]
Category Archives: Revisions
Double Exposure, Sketch 8
March 14, 2010 – 7:00 pm
Double Exposure, Sketch 7
March 13, 2010 – 6:00 pm
“Cumulust,” Collaboration with Maxwell Runko/Mansard Roof, Part 7/8
(See Maxwell Runko/Mansard Roof, Image 1)
Setting: Knox, Thea and Melody are driving in Knox’s minivan on the first warm day of spring, a Saturday in early May 2009.
Cloud porn. We were driving to the playground, because Melody was dying to go to the playground for some reason, and [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 6
March 12, 2010 – 5:00 pm
“Collisions,” Collaboration with Emma Cherry, Part 6/8
(See Emma Cherry, Image 1)
Setting:
Strange how you can know something, hearing the phone ring or just walking through a door. Like you feel it, and you know. You just know. I don’t remember the day, but it was in November, like early November. It was cold that night, and [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 5
March 11, 2010 – 10:52 pm
“Right Directions,” Collaboration with Corinah Sharpova, Part 5/8
(See Corinah Sharpova, Image 1)
Setting: Thea steps out of the principal’s office, starts heading back to class, and then stops. She turns around, staring at the front door. Then she removes her phone and calls Knox.
Foley has my file. He didn’t open it, he just rested his hands [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 4
March 10, 2010 – 7:57 pm
“Lemonade and Vodka,” Collaboration with Lauren Shannon, Part 4/8
(See Lauren Shannon, Image 1)
Setting: Thea follows Karen Conlon into Karen’s kitchen; Karen opens a cupboard, removing two glasses. (Continued from Double Exposures, Sketch 3.)
Sit down, she said, nodding at the kitchen table, heading to the cupboard. I didn’t think she would, but she took out two [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 3
March 9, 2010 – 9:36 pm
“Airborne,” Collaboration with Haley Stark, Part 3/8
(See Haley Stark, Image 1)
Setting: Thea’s sitting with Cam’s mother, Karen Conlon, on Karen’s living room couch, May, 2009.
But wait: how did he die, then? I mean, why would Cam tell me that if it weren’t true? No . . . no, no, no, he wouldn’t, he would [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 2
March 8, 2010 – 9:16 pm
“Knowing Wasn’ t the Point,” Collaboration with Oliver Bryce Yates, Part 2/8
(See Oliver Bryce Yates, Image 1)
The moving van was there when I got home from school. My dad had moved out by then; he was staying at a hotel, and my mom was handling the move, alone. I said he should be the one [...]
Double Exposure, Sketch 1
March 7, 2010 – 4:00 pm
“Gyres in the Kitchen,” Collaboration with Marianna Fierro, Part 1/8
(See Marianna Fierro, Image 1)
Setting: Thea’s sitting at the kitchen table, hiding her face in her hands, with her homework spread across the table, Monday night, September, 15, 2008.
You know my mom was an English major. She loves writing. Or she used to, at least. [...]
Seeking Teen Fiction Editors
October 28, 2009 – 10:13 pm
I received a note this morning from a friend who asked about the sketch I wrote last night, why Thea gets so angry with Cam? So let me try to answer by way of revising that scene. Let’s try first-person:
We were just sitting on the couch in the living room, one day, after school, and [...]