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This week, I'd like to share the reader's introduction to Stephanie's workplace
She was Conrad
Finch’s assistant and her job consisted of answering phones and e-mail, sorting
the bills, and bringing Conrad soy vanilla lattes from Starbucks like the one
she was trying not to spill as she walked.
That
is not to say that Stephanie didn’t love the Rialto. It was the oldest theater
in the Capitol district, though like the rest of the city of Schenectady, it was
struggling to make a comeback. Conrad Finch was nothing if not passionate about
making this happen and Stephanie was proud he’d chosen her to help him. Conrad
had a strong vision of someday, when the theater would attract name acts and
Broadway road revivals. They would host a regional theater group and maybe they
would even show the Metropolitan Opera live on screen as they had in a similar theater
in New England last year.
Stephanie
could almost see it. Though today, with the cold March wind sweeping stray
paper to the curb in front of the marquee, the place looked downright shabby, like
a garish old woman who had insisted on one too many face lifts.
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Great snippet! I love how I got a sense of the characters and the scene! I actually shivered when I read the part about March wind!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lauren. I love that imaginary old theater!
DeleteYour description actually put me in the scene. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Elaine!
DeleteGreat snippet!! I agree with Lauren and Elaine! I was right in the scene (and now I want a latte!!)
ReplyDeleteHey, and GREAT JOB on being a RONE finalist!! I voted for your works!! My debut novel, A Heart on Hold, is up for the 2012 RONE for American Historical!
Thanks Sara! I voted for you. Congratulations and good luck!
DeleteI enjoyed you snippet and shivered along with everyone else when the March winds blew. Do you think the Rialto looked "downnright shabby, like a garish old woman who had insisted on one too many face lifts." (that sounds tight;) or like an old woman who should give up dusting over the cracks and look for a surgeon?
ReplyDeleteThanks Elaine. I think she's been 'done over' any number of times since she was new and gorgeous, LOL.
DeleteGood thought, Elaine but the writer sees through her eyes. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charmaine!
DeleteI absolutely loved that last comparison. Great snippet, Ute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Elyzabeth!
DeleteWonderful opening! I can almost see the vision of the future too, LOL, until the ending kind of brings it all crashing down. Can't wait to read more. Excellent excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica! The poor old theater will have quite a time of it.
ReplyDeleteReally great description. "one too many facelifts" Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThanks A.S.
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