This year as Thanksgiving host...
Every week on Wednesday I meet with a writers group and we read each other our work and have it edited and critiqued. This week we decided to try a writing exercise. We would have to write an original story on the spot. And then read it to the other writers. The only stipulations were - The story had to start with the phrase “This year as Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey.” And end with the phrase “And that’s why we ate hamburgers.” We also had to use 5 words that were chosen by the other members, they were Canary, Spline, Shoes, Spatula and Watermelon. I was late to the meeting and only had 15 minutes to write my story. This is what I wrote: This year as the Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey ... I...