On throwback Thursday I return to a post I did in Sept 2013 regarding writing the three pitches for the publisher. I did not do flash anything at this stage but the same principles hold for both pitching and flashing (I think). It certainly makes you aware of what your story is and how to say it succinctly.
1. Drawn blue and white floral curtains cooled the room from the febrile day outside by casting it in shadows. The immense bed was the only piece of furniture, gaily covered in the cheap cotton material which also draped the windows. Two worn towels were origamied at the foot of the bed with large red hibiscus flowers placed on top of them. A fan slowly whirred on the ceiling above, moving the shadows with each rotation. A setting any faster would have seen the dust being lifted from the woven bamboo walls and the thatch of the roof above. The brick-red painted cement of the floor seemed to join seamlessly with the door frame in which I stood.
2. The drawn floral curtains cast the room in shadows cooling it from the febrile day outside. The same cheap cotton material covered the immense bed, the only furniture in the room…
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
You are good at setting the scene.
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Thanks Barabara
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Excellent post, thank you Irene 🙂
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Thanks Sherri. 🙂
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Very helpful!
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Glad it was Charli
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