AUTHOR: Aeriel Holman  ACTIVITY: Descriptive Emotions—In Class
Work  Approx. Words: 230  DATE: February ?, 2012 (created)
NOTES: One of the very first things we did in class was work on
how to "Show Not Tell" scenes. Since I was only going to be
putting up fully fleshed out stories, I didn't bother writing
down the date on the paper. But, the class ended a few months
ago, and when going through my semester's work, I decided, "Eh.
Why the hell not?" So, I did doctor up the sentences/images a
bit for review. Also, note the mathematical awesomeness. I put
an implied back-story into these scenes as a series of flash-
fiction narratives of characters involved with each other on the
same day (warning—sad).    It was sudden, fleeting; his mouth
popped open and his eyes widened considerably before it faded
off into a forced poker face.   She sat on the bench, shoulders
rounded, staring without blinking at the ground. Her lips
trembled minutely, but the tissues in her hands remained unused.
Fists clenched tight to t