Praying to the ‘Curve God’
Don’t want to put any pressure on you, but if you flunk this one, you’re gone!
Backstory: Writing my last book I discovered, ‘I’ve got too much material! Got to cut some of it out!’ But, cutting out material from your ‘book-in-progress’ is like cutting out grandma’s apple pie from your diet — can’t do it!
Well, after much sorrowful deliberation, I began cutting out chunks — yes chapters — of excess material. Now, the question becomes, what do I do with all this ‘excess’ material? Answer: Parse them out as articles! Hence, this article. More to come.
This is a story that got axed from my most recent book ‘The Dayton Dilemma: When doing the right thing, isn’t the right thing.’ Although fiction, it’s based on my personal experience. While attending Ohio State many, many years ago, I gained lots of personal experience in a disheartening activity — almost flunking out! The story your about to read is one such experience.
And now for the story …
Don’t Flunk!
He swung his legs to the side then lifted himself out of the connected desk and chair combination. I observed wondering, ‘Where’s he going?’ I didn’t have to wait long to find out as he walked straight towards me, stopped in front of my desk and chair combo…
