Exercises writing course 2024

Original ways to begin a story – In Media res

Teacher: Annelore Hermann

Theme: beginning in the middle of the action

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B. Cooking Character

First of all one chooses the pan. The right pan is half the deed. Cast iron or coated aluminium, high density copper or enamelled marble. Yes, one must choose right. It is, of course, trivial in this case. For he aims to roast a beef – and nothing serves the texture and flavour as well as charcoaled fuelled fire on an iron grill. It must be clean, all perfectly neat, that goes without saying.

Then the salt. Only salicornia will do, as only with the best can the best meal be obtained. It is fresh, Tonduro has caught it this morning from the Salines. He slices it side ways, uses it to slash the grill, and then the beef: holy grail of ingredients. Two fingers thick, red as enraged fire.