I'm currently reading Stephen King's enjoyable and instructive nonfiction work "On Writing." In one chapter, he assigns some "homework," which involves writing a short narrative outline of a story starting with a simple premise: an estranged wife beats-up or murders her husband. Here's my assignment, turned in on time.
Gabriela and Mark met at the Halloween party with the best reputation on campus, which was thrown by the nerdiest frat on campus. She dressed up as a sexy angel. He was Batman. Her remarkable cleavage and well defined hips lead him to pursue her relentlessly after that, and she only relented when she learned of his father’a status as a wealthy movie producer.
They go on a few dates, and he is awkward but charming, and certainly generous. He takes her to the finest restaurants in Los Angeles, gets them backstage passes to pop music concerts, and they go to Hollywood parties. One memorable evening, she gets to meet Robert Pattinson and Anderson Cooper at the same party. All the while she plays along, cautiously avoiding a serious physical relationship while enjoying the rarefied air, despite having little or no feelings for Mark.
