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| This story started out as an assignment for the Cache course at my beloved New Horizons Academy. The assignment was to write about an something that occurs in public. Then, write the viewpoints of three different characters allowing us to see how each saw something differently. The piece was a favorite of mine from the beginning, but it has undergone many changes since I learned how to use effectively the following concepts: 1) Literary devices, such as similes and metaphor in fiction 2) Dialogue 3) No passive verbs 4) No perfect tense verbs 5) Concrete nouns 6) colorful verbs 7) No more than 1 -ly adverb per 300 words 8) Writing dialogue with few dialogue tags. 9) Use the senses in descriptions 10) Dialect The story about an old maid, retired schoolteacher, Florita Skinner and her much loved town of Abernathy Cove, FL. It has a bank robbery, a town handyman, the town drunk, and a slew of characters---all taught in the 5th grade by Miss Skinner at one time or another. Miss Skinner was modeled after my real 4th grade teacher, but truth be known, she has more of my bawdy personality than the original prim & proper Miss Skinner. I have been urged to make it into a novel, especially by my Cache instructor, but I haven't taken the time to do it as I now teach at NH. I am thinking about it as a possible NaNo story this November to stretch into a 50,000 word novel about Abernathy Cove. I invite you to read about the funny little crime that came to Abernathy Cove. Send me your suggestions for additional characters, episodes, and ideas. If I use your suggestions, I might just reward you with a few gps!?!?
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