The Letter in the Desk: Before the Novel

At National University, when I had decided to write BENEATH THE MIMOSA TREE as the novel for my thesis, we wrote short exercises that would help prompt us and get the creative juices flowing. Many students got ideas from the prompts for novellas or short stories. Because my novel revolved around love, and more specifically, forgiveness, between Michael and Annabelle that spans about 15 years, I chose an exercise about writing letters in particular because the story takes place in [...]