Writing Exercise: Listen to a Story

How often do you actually listen to stories anymore? Probably not as much as you did before you could read on your own. If you're like me, you go to bookstore readings as often as you can, though except for poetry and very short stories, often the author reads a portion of a longer work, which isn't quite the same as hearing a whole piece from beginning to end.

This afternoon I went to the Seattle Public Library's Thrilling Tales (it's a year-round thing, but it's especially fun in October...