Over the last few months, as I have slowly made my way through 'The Writing Book' I have been thrilled to find a new character developing. 'Jax' made her debut in exercise 1.13 and slowly but surely she has left her mark upon my imagination.
I have decided to stick with Jax and apply her to all of Grenville's exercises in future. I have plotted a path for her in a tricky new world and I find myself once again at the beginning of a love affair.
@jax #theinceptionofchaos
*first draft
**jax excerpts may or may not appear in chronological order and may or may not make the final cut.
I will not give away the plot as I hope to turn these exercises in to a action/adventure YA sometime in the not so distant future but I will share the first draft of each exercise from now on in.
Buckle your seat belts, you are in for a wild political ass kicking ride.
Grenville (p.14) - Exercise 1.4 - Write a single word at top of page and write for 60 seconds
iPad
Jax raced through the school halls as the bell shrilled for the second time. If she was late again Mr Whatsit would have a pink fit. The door was inching closed as she rushed through and the Whatsit’s face turned purple. Simo moved a book bag from the seat next to her and Jax crashed into it, ‘Cutting it close aren’t you?’
She grinned, ‘Got lost in space’.
Simo rolled her eyes and pulled the iPad from Jax’s bag, ‘What kept you this time?’ She hit the on button and scanned the recent history. As she suspected every page was a news link of some kind, all political party updates. The latest headline appeared to jump from the screen—‘Nation Divided, the three-way split of the new government.’
‘What’s this?’ Simo hissed as Whatsit turned to the interactive white board.
‘Shh!’ Jax nodded to the front of the room, pretending to be enthralled in the lesson. The picture on the whiteboard flickered and a large round head appeared.
Whatsit adjusted the sound and turned to hush the classroom, ‘Now class, this is the last day of career week and for those of you who have yet to settle on a learning pathway,’ he raised his eyes and gave a weary look to Jax. She grinned back. The teacher sighed and turned to the rest of the class, ‘as I was saying, we have a special visitor today, some might say we saved the most interesting career for last, and I would appreciate if you would all listen attentively and save your questions until Minister Rogue has finished speaking.’
‘Good morning class.’ The Senator’s voice crackled over the line. His eyes scanned the room and settled on Jax. ‘Nice to see you made it to class on time Jacqueline’.
Copyright 2010, Tanya Bell
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