2. Eric’s Final Presentation

3. Presented by One of the Greatest Writers of All Time

4. It was a dark and stormy night.

5. Much too prosaic…

8. Hmmm…

9. Maybe a quaff of root beer first…

10. “My head thinks it can kill me… and go on living without me.” Mary Karr Lit

11. It was as dark as hell and

12. It was as dark as hell and

13. as stormy as the last argument we had, the airspace between us as electric and raspy as the words were harsh.

14. as stormy as the last argument we had, the airspace between us as electric and raspy as the words were harsh. It was as dark as hell and Sheesh… too much root beer!

18. Ahh… nothing beats a good run.

19. “Write your heart out.” Joyce Carol Oates The Faith of a Writer

20. The night came dark and stormy, so terrible a thing endured, I keeping hidden till it past, to where I do not know, except east.

21. The night came dark and stormy, so terrible a thing endured, keeping hidden till it past, to where I do not know, except east. Hmm… much to literate for the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Book Club…

25. Hiroshima "Language is all a writer has at his command to use.“ John Hersey

27. 12:00 am. It was a dark and stormy night. But since rain had been forecast, and since it was night, no one was alarmed.

28. 12:00 am. It was a dark and stormy night. But since rain had been forecast, and since it was night, no one was alarmed.

29. Or cared.

30. Or cared. Moving, yet too journalistic…

34. Nothing’s coming.

35. “Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world.” Annie Dillard The Writing Life Mmph… much better.

36. It was a dark and stormy night. Which I like, especially while writing in my tiny dark prefab shack, because I can’t see a thing. And I get wet. Which is what a writer needs most... to be in the dark and wet... because literature is nothing but a big fat mushroom, according to my chef friend...

37. It was a dark and stormy night. Which I like, especially while writing in my tiny dark prefab shack, because I can’t see a thing. And I get wet. Which is what a writer needs most... to be in the dark and wet... because literature is nothing but a big fat mushroom, according to my chef friend...

38. Good grief.

41. “I still think we could have done something, she and I, if I could have afforded to work at Wal-Mart a little longer.” Barbara Ehrenreich Nickel and Dimed

42. It was, to the poor like me, since I was pretending but very believable, a darker and stormier night than what I was used to, back before I was poor... or pretending to be...

43. It was, to the poor like me, since I was pretending but very believable, a darker and stormier night than what I was used to, back before I was poor... or pretending to be...

44. It was, to the poor like me, since I was pretending but very believable, a darker and stormier night than what I was used to, back before I was poor... or pretending to be... poor, that is.

45. It was, to the poor like me, since I was pretending but very believable, a darker and stormier night than what I was used to, back before I was poor... or pretending to be... Yikes… kinda missing the point… poor, that is.

49. “We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little.” Anne Lamott Bird by Bird

50. It was a dark and stormy night. Which, if I were dying, wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen, and probably worth watching.

51. Poof! Dr. Busby!

52. Here you go.

53. Italics would be nice. Keep paragraphs to six lines. Entertain me.

54. Funny… I’m sure it’s all right. Poof!

56. “Writing is hell.” (Nishimoto, 2011)

57. “Writing is hell.” (Nishimoto, 2011)

59. (Chicago Style)

60. (Chicago Style)

61. “Writing is hell.” (Nishimoto, 2011) (Chicago Style) The End.

62. Ta da!

63. Epilogue

64. And then I finished, and I could relax!

65. ! ! !

66. No, I don’t think Dr. Busby cares that birds were involved.

67. No animals, real or cartoon, were harmed in the production of this presentation, although my grade may now be in jeopardy.