The Magic in Writing
As a writer, there is nothing more magical than when you envision a scene and capture it on paper just as you saw it in your mind’s eye. It’s even more magical when the scene is even better when it’s down on paper. The excerpt below is one such scene. It’s one of my favorites and captures a memory of the characters Adriana and Paolo Clemente from The Passenger so clearly. I hope you can see it as clearly as I did. _____ The Passenger .... an excerpt The sun flamed bright on the Clemente vineyard. She watched the married women as they laughed and stomped barefoot in the season's first harvested grapes. They held their long skirts up to their thighs, while the men, children, and unwed women stood around and cheered them on. Lorenzo Clemente stood to the side watching her. They were not allowed to speak in private and were always under the guard of her aunt's hawk-like eyes. Adriana stole a sideways glance at him and smiled. He was a gallant and comely man. His dark features re...
