Exercises from the Energheia Writing Course 2024

Hallo, my name is Inigo Montoya

Teacher: Tabea Hawkins (Energheia International Writing Course 2024)

Theme: Developing a character based on the image of a lighthouse

The start of your story

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The travel

As the sun deeps into the dark knowing to be birthed anew, so does the Atumi tribe before a day of traveling. They were not made nomadic out of necessity but of want, as they worship the wind and its elusive, everchanging nature.

They make through the mountains and plains of wild lands at a pace defined by the moving air and although they are not prone to prayer or rites, they live as if being alive is their religion.

But in all the sacred places, there are forsaken dreams. Her name was Tjen.