A quickie....

So here we are, at the tell-tale exam time, when all things are supposed to flow smoothly and give me plenty of time to write.  Tonight will be a quickie so that I can make the most of that writing time.

Word of the day: panacea Nina was scooping dirt from the ravine with her bare hands and rubbing down her legs.  Once she was sufficiently covered she looked down and gave a deep sigh.  Being surrounded quite literally by the Earth that was her power was a panacea for all her problems.

I would just like to say, that the vocabulary practice I am doing doesn't seem to be helping my writing at all.  I have a phenomenal reading vocabulary and a quite impressive speaking vocabulary.  What I am unsure of how to do is incorporate either of those into my writing.  Perhaps that is more of a revision exercise instead of a writing exercise.  Let me know your thoughts.

Writing Exercise #14 from The Write Brain Workbook:

"If I could stop being Death, I would."  The words came out quickly, but I know she heard and understood.

Nina was sitting in the dirt at the bottom of the porch steps.  Her fingers pulled at the tuft of weeds that had managed not to get trampled.  Under the full moon her hair glowed.  She rubbed her feet in the dust and leaned over to intertwine her fingers in the grass while she made me wait for her response.

I was trying to make her mad.  I wanted her to jump up and yell at me.  Tell me I didn't have a choice and I needed to simply accept my lot.  I needed some engagement; I wanted to feel anger rushing past my temples.  But Nina wouldn't take my bait.  She was soothing herself with the earth and her response, if she even gave one, would be passive and peaceful.  I stubbed my cigarette out in the flower pot and went back in the cabin pulling the door gently behind me.