Class Exercise in Week 1

Write something you like, then something you hate. Add five reasons why you like it, five why you hate it. Now write five reasons why someone might like what you hate, and why someone might hate what you like. What would these people be? What stories could they tell?

The thing: Winter.

I LIKE:

• cold weather

• better fashion choices

• no sweating

grey weather, cloudiness, rain

the city and indoors

THEY HATE:

• they want to wear shorts 

• they want to go to the beach

• harder to get up in the morning

so many things to carry: jackets, umbrellas

loves the outdoors

The thing: Hearing Ghost Stories

I HATE:

they freak me out

i can imagine things really easily 

I find it hard to sleep at night or walk down the hallway 

THEY LOVE:

they love the thrill

they love the excitement and mystery of it

they love being scared

It’s summer and they are camping. They are best friends or sisters. Anna (me) has been convinced to go camping by my sister Olivia. Camping situation: It’s raining quite hard and they have to stay at a motel where they are the only people there. The woman running it is elderly and likes to cook but the smells are quite weird. The old woman assures them that it is just the country life but as they eat the stew, they start seeing strange things.