Writing Prompt: Toxic Assets

by mariaschneider on March 23, 2009

3049560504_e4bdd25b001I was reading a news story about the banking industry today and noticed the phrase “toxic assets.” I keep thinking, Wow, that would be a great title for a novel!

So it inspired this writing prompt courtesy of the banking industry meltdown: Write the first paragraph of this book! It demands to be written. I’m thinking it’s a suspense/thriller and one of the main characters looks something like the woman pictured here. But maybe you have other ideas about this story…

A friendly contest: Post your opener here. This Friday we’ll hold a forum vote and choose the winner.

-Maria Schneider

Flickr photo by nyki_m

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Stephen Book 03.24.09 at 9:19 am

This should be fun

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