Page 123

It has been much too long, but in order to get back into the swing of things, I pick up an interesting tag from Erika over at Practicing Writing.

The directions are as follows:  Go to page 123 of a work of fiction closest to you (within reach).  Locate the fifth sentence on the page.  Post that sentence and the three that follow.  Explain.

I chose the Re-Vision since that’s what my world revolves around and because of my urgent need to finish this, it is always within reach.  Strangely enough, at this particular moment there isn’t a published piece of fiction on my desk.  So, I’ll use mine.  Page 123 is the beginning of the second section in Chapter 8.  Turo has a work address for a woman called Tia, whom he’s almost sure is his childhood friend, Starletta Drake, and he has decided to go see for himself.

Here are the sentences:

He had not yet called her, telling himself instead to wait until he was in the building.⁵  It was just after noon when he locked his car and walked back down seventeenth to the front of the glass-paneled high-rise.⁶ Inside, the red, brown, and golden hues of the patterned granite and marble brought to mind seventh grade math manipulatives.⁷  He searched the lobby for a courtesy phone or an information desk.⁸   

Not the most interesting four sentences found in the novel, but four sentences that in the end turn out to be central to the novel.  Since I’m still in revision mode everything is tentative and these sentences are no exception.  I hope to keep them but some plot changes may find them on the cutting floor. 

And in the tradition I tag Nadine, Glenna and Jada, if they happen to check in.

Happy Writing,  Q

~ by quincee on 20 March 2008.