March 29, 2013 | Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,The Sketchbook Project 2013
I’m participating in The Sketchbook Project 2013. The theme is Narrative and the title is “Things I Write About.” The stories in this little book are inspired by the writing prompts from “642 Things to Write About Journal” by San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Each prompt, written on one page, will be followed by a colorful envelope glued to the back of the page. Each envelope will contain a story snippet based on the prompt, written from the point of view of the main characters from my works-in-progress YA series, Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant.
About the project: The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and have until January 15th to fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can participate in the project.
JUDGE DREAD
Most times, I wake up with a feeling of dread in my gut. It’s probably stress from my assignments, but I imagine it could be a number of things:
~ Today is the day my friends discover my secret.
~ Today is the day my cover is blown by the target.
~ Today is the day Poe gets suspended from school for defending Rico.
~ Today is the day Rico gets assaulted for being gay.
~ Today is the day we all flunk the math test.
~ Today is the day my handler and guardian gets hurt on the job.
~ Today is the day I lock my keys in the car.
~ Today is the day my car gets stolen
~ ….by Poe, who then wraps it around a pole because she’s hungover.
~ Today is the day I’m released from my Youth Informant Division contract and can start living a semi-normal life.
642 Prompt: You wake up with a nameless feeling of dread in your gut, bit you can’t figure out what it is. Write down everything that could possibly happen during the day that could be something for you to dread.
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March 22, 2013 | Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,The Sketchbook Project 2013
I’m participating in The Sketchbook Project 2013. The theme is Narrative and the title is “Things I Write About.” The stories in this little book are inspired by the writing prompts from “642 Things to Write About Journal” by San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Each prompt, written on one page, will be followed by a colorful envelope glued to the back of the page. Each envelope will contain a story snippet based on the prompt, written from the point of view of the main characters from my works-in-progress YA series, Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant.
About the project: The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and have until January 15th to fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can participate in the project.
MY DOUBLE LIFE
I can’t tell my Bffs what I do. I could get in trouble with the agency. I could get kicked out of the Youth Informant Division. I could probably even force them into Witness Protection! It’s a pretty big secret I carry. My therapist, Dr. Shieldnight, might even call it a burden.
She asked me once, “What happens if they discover your secret?”
I ask myself that question a lot as I get closer to them.
I tell lies.
I make up stories.
I don’t tell them about my background.
So what would happen if they found out?
I don’t know. I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.
642 Prompt: The secret that, if revealed, would upset everything
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March 15, 2013 | Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,The Sketchbook Project 2013
I’m participating in The Sketchbook Project 2013. The theme is Narrative and the title is “Things I Write About.” The stories in this little book are inspired by the writing prompts from “642 Things to Write About Journal” by San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Each prompt, written on one page, will be followed by a colorful envelope glued to the back of the page. Each envelope will contain a story snippet based on the prompt, written from the point of view of the main characters from my works-in-progress YA series, Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant.
About the project: The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and have until January 15th to fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can participate in the project.
NAPPY-HAIRED FOSTER CHILD
I’m 5’6, with a full mouth, small button nose, and a few extra curves that won’t bring cars to a screeching halt.
Well, maybe a few mountain bikes.
Despite the light green eyes hidden behind purple-framed glasses and the three-shades-lighter-than-Beyonce skin tone, I’m black, Really. I have the thick, hard to comb hair to prove it. I think if it was a little less thick, a little more straighter and not so ethnic, my life may have turned out differently.
No Foster Couple From Hell.
No gig as an informant for the FBI.
It could be worse, so I shouldn’t complain. I could be back in the system and in a foster home where the son likes to wear his mother’s underwear.
642 Prompt: Describe one physical change you would make yourself if you could and how this would change your life.
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March 8, 2013 | Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,The Sketchbook Project 2013
I’m participating in The Sketchbook Project 2013. The theme is Narrative and the title is “Things I Write About.” The stories in this little book are inspired by the writing prompts from “642 Things to Write About Journal” by San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Each prompt, written on one page, will be followed by a colorful envelope glued to the back of the page. Each envelope will contain a story snippet based on the prompt, written from the point of view of the main characters from my works-in-progress YA series, Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant.
About the project: The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and have until January 15th to fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can participate in the project.
MANLY PARTS
The first thing I notice about a guy are his eyes.
Seriously.
I’m not kidding. So stop laughing. Why? Because they sparkle, flash, heat up, stare you down, and gaze at you adoringly.
Poe likes a guy’s abs.
Because they’re lickable.
642 Prompt: Describe your favorite part of a man’s body using only verbs
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March 1, 2013 | Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,The Sketchbook Project 2013
I’m participating in The Sketchbook Project 2013. The theme is Narrative and the title is “Things I Write About.” The stories in this little book are inspired by the writing prompts from “642 Things to Write About Journal” by San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Each prompt, written on one page, will be followed by a colorful envelope glued to the back of the page. Each envelope will contain a story snippet based on the prompt, written from the point of view of the main characters from my works-in-progress YA series, Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant.
About the project: The Sketchbook Project is a global, crowd-sourced art project where participants from all walks of life are sent a sketchbook and have until January 15th to fill the pages and return it for inclusion in a traveling exhibition and permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can participate in the project.
DEAR GOD
One time, Poe got real sick from drinking coffee. Like hospsital-pump-your-stomache sick. It wasn’t her fault. It just had an extra ingredient that shouldn’t have been there. I went to the hospital chapel and prayed. I asked God to please don’t let my best friend die. Before I went to bed, I prayed again.
“Dear God. Please help me catch the motherfucker who did this before he hurts someone else. Oh, and God? Make him pay. Amen.”
642 Prompt: Write two prayers for your character: one to be said in private, one to be said in public.
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