"A loving person lives
in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone
you meet is your mirror."
-- Ken Keys
1. Practice using physical
descriptions to illustrate hostility. First describe just a hostile face.
Then describe hostile hands. Finally, hostile eyes.
2. Choose three of the
following hostile words, then add seven of your own (they, too, should
evoke hostility). Write a one page scene that uses all ten.
Scar
Insulted
Narrowed suddenly
Sparked humbling reprimands
Puckered her lips
Blew a healthy stream
of smoke toward my face
A mean action
Deliberately irreverent
Cold
Darkened
3. Write a one page scene
of hostile dialogue. Choose one of the following as the source of hostility.
If none of them suit you, devise your own.
A fur coat
A tattoo
Lost car keys
A bright pink blouse
A smelly dog
Bad breath