WeWriWa: EU28

    
    

              Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. I'm reposting the bit about the relaxed rules in case I missed anyone last week:
     In short, the WeWriWa rules have been relaxed. The goal is to maintain ease of finding the weekly snippet, but allowing more promo for published books.  You can check them out here: http://wewriwa.blogspot.com/p/the-rules-of-wewriwa.html
      We love our core group, the close-knit community that has evolved here at WeWriWa, the ease and joy of our weekly 'gathering,' but we also recognize that the time authors spend sharing and commenting has to make marketing sense, too. Time is precious. 
     I've taken advantage of the relaxed rules in today's snippet. I've seen other people do it, and it makes sense.  I completed my snippet within guidelines--and then marked it as such. Then to complete the thought, I added additional sentences. This is fine for every participant to do. Sometimes the excerpts just need to be longer.  And, it would also eliminate the need for the "wonky punctuation to stay within guidelines" disclaimer.
  

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     This snippet is from Emmily, Unbound, an SFR story.  To read a compilation of all snippets posted for this story, click Here: Emmily Unbound, Chapter 1  Emmily, the main character, has lost pretty much everything in the last twelve months: her marriage, her parents, her job, and her house. She and her dog, Murphy, are moving to the mountains of Pennsylvania, into an old, remote, hunting camp her parents willed to her. It's her first full day here, and she's in the tiny local town getting supplies. She drew the (unwanted) attention of a sort of creepy local, and he tried way too hard to make conversation with her--about UFOs. He finally left, and that's where we are this week. The last line last week, was: He pulls away, and he's not breaking any speed limits while he watches me in his side-view mirror.

         We're in the scene that changes everything (It's getting close--two weeks.)  The snippet:

    

      I run inside the diner, grab our food, and get back out to my car. I left the windows down a bit for Murphy, but now I close them up tight and lock the doors before pulling onto the road.

     A few miles out of town, a vehicle is pulled off to the side at a dirt lane that vanishes into the woods. It is unmistakably Mr. Unwanted Advances from town. He’s talking to someone leaning against his passenger-side window. I see as I pass that it’s the free-ride Linus didn’t want to give. Must be his drop-off point.

     As I continue, Murphy and I are eating our burgers and sharing the fries. The sun is still shining and, except for the man who gave me the creeps, it’s all good. I check my mirrors. 

     That's the snippet. What follows is to complete the thought.

     Crap. Decided that too soon. Life might have a small kink; Linus is now following me.    

       My heart lurches. Then I tell myself that he probably lives out this way, and to stop with the paranoid drama.