The Weekend Writing Warriors is an awesome site that allows writers to share their 8 to 10 sentence excerpts, published or unpublished, to the blogosphere. If you’d like to join or would like to read wonderful talent, please visit the WeWriWa website on Sunday, 3/1: http://wewriwa.blogspot.com.
This week I’ll be sharing my urban legends WIP. A serial killer murders college students, one by one, based off famous urban legends. SPOILER ALERT—this excerpt reveals one of the killer’s motives.
Here’s my excerpt:
[Sweeney Todd] let out a loud sigh, then sat on the edge of the bed. He grabbed his phone off the nightstand and pushed the red stop button on his video app. Still in the dark, he opened up his Google Docs and began typing:
My heart is racing like a horse on steroids. Her skin was so warm until it wasn’t. Breaking her neck was very loud, so loud that I hope no one heard through the thin walls. Probably not. All I heard was the bed creaking and loud grunts next door. I’m sure the coast is clear.
He typed as fast as his fingers would allow, making sure to capture every sensory detail; writers were always being lectured to show, not tell; he wanted to make sure his readers would be able to feel the experience as his main character, the misunderstood antagonist.
Keep smiling,
Yawatta Hosby