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…this prologue?
Aurora exhaled as she settled into her yoga mat, peacefully relaxed with legs crossed. She observed the meditation room; the pea-green walls clad with Zen Buddhist paintings. She reached for her universal remote and hit “play” on the audio setting, letting the sounds of waterfalls envelop her thoughts…
“Now,” she thought, “I’ll finally be able to escape.” But even then she doubted herself. She knew the harsh reality; she and her husband were both campaigning for presidency; he for the Independents, and she for the Democratic Party. And the results of who would represent each faction will be aired the next night, in their own living room and millions of others across the country, for all to see.
In every adventure, each character is trying to get something from another character, love, money, solve a mystery, whatever.
Don’t hedge, go for the punch and move the story along
try something like
…She smelled the insense as she made her way through the already crowded yoga class. Everyone would recognize her from last nights appearance on the debates, so there was no way to be invisible and late at the same time The teacher was already instilling a calm in everyone in the class, “In the corpse position, you lay on the floor and let all your cares from the day dissolve into the ground…” She tried to find a spot among all the bodies laying on the floor where she could roll out her mat and lay out fully without hitting anyone. Once she was able to lay down she heard the recorded shakahatchi music and tried to let her cares melt into the ground. “If only” She thought She wanted to forget the debate and relax to the music, but she could not forget the other candidate comparing her health care plan to socialism. Even though she tried to relax, she kept going over in her mind how she could possibly defeat her opponent in the next debate, while preserving her marriage… to him.
Audio track Yoga 01
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