Yeshanu
I've been thinking about time this morning (seeing as how I don't have any) and how stories are situated in time.
One of my favourite sentences is from Richard Adams' Watership Down:
Four words situate the novel in time, without ever telling us an exact date.
Other authors do use dates, for example Tolkien in Lord of the Rings:
(Did you know that today is Frodo's birthday? (Bilbo's, too.))
In The Hobbit, he's a little more vague at the beginning:
So...
Enough of the prologue. Here's the challenge:
Write a sentence or a paragraph that situates your story or novel in time. Be as precise or as picturesque as you like. For extra credit, try a style that's different than your usual one.
One of my favourite sentences is from Richard Adams' Watership Down:
The primroses were over.
Four words situate the novel in time, without ever telling us an exact date.
Other authors do use dates, for example Tolkien in Lord of the Rings:
That very month was September, and as fine as you could ask.
(Did you know that today is Frodo's birthday? (Bilbo's, too.))
In The Hobbit, he's a little more vague at the beginning:
By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when there ws less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast...
So...
Enough of the prologue. Here's the challenge:
Write a sentence or a paragraph that situates your story or novel in time. Be as precise or as picturesque as you like. For extra credit, try a style that's different than your usual one.