| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: Argentines. The fat senoras turned, and the smartly costumed,
sallow senoritas, and the men--all of them. They spoke to her,
these last, but she had expected that, and marched on with her
free, swinging stride, her chin high, her color very bright.
Into the great shop of Pages y Hernandez at last, up to the
private offices, her breath coming a little quickly, into the
presence of the shiny secretary--shiny teeth, shiny hair, shiny
skin, shiny nails. He gazed upon Emma McChesney, the shine
gleaming brighter. He took in his slim, brown fingers the card
on which Senor Pages had scribbled that day on board ship. The
shine became dazzling. He bowed low and backed his way into the
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: phasized the facial attributes of idiocy.
Suddenly realizing how helpless she was in the event any
one of the men should seek to overpower her, and moved by
a sudden revulsion of feeling that brought on almost a nausea
of disgust, the girl hurled the weapon upon the ground at the
feet of the laughing maniac and, turning, kneeled beside the
Englishman.
"It was wonderful of you," he said, "but you shouldn't have
done it. Don't antagonize them: I believe that they are all
mad and you know they say that one should always humor a
madman."
Tarzan the Untamed |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: "Yes."
"Going to the city, I suppose. Well you're a smart girl.
And your mother's daughter. I guess you'll get along all
right. What house are you going with?"
"I don't know. I'm waiting for the right chance. It's all
in starting right. I'm not going to hurry."
He put down his cases again, and his eyes grew keen and
kindly. He gesticulated with one broad forefinger.
"Listen, m' girl. I'm what they call an old-timer. They
want these high-power, eight-cylinder kids on the road these
days, and it's all we can do to keep up. But I've got
Fanny Herself |
