Interview

One room, two stories

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.