Writing exercise
Describe the
same classroom in two different ways: one for the opening paragraph of a horror
story, the other for a romantic comedy.
The classroom:
One translucent door. Wooden floor, chairs and tables. Tall white walls. Very
little things, very little people. 8 people. 9 if we count the teacher. Two
windows. Lots of light coming in. First floor.
Horror:
There were only
two way of out the room: the door or the window. The fall would be ugly. The
tables were short and the wooden floor was noisy. There was nowhere to hide. A
shadow came to the door. Two ways out: the door or the window.
Romantic Comedy:
The classroom
was big and empty, and unlike your classrooms of primary school, the decoration
and the entertainment were minimal. So, the students made like plants: they got
together and headed to the windows to catch the sunlight. As he got closer to
her, his steps sounded like a rocking chair. She tried to look elsewhere. The
classroom gave her nothing to look at. So she took to writing on the tables.
