The Setup:
When at work, are you so focused, so "in the moment," that you kinda zone out? Are you familiar with the term, somnambulistic trance? Or are you having a zen experience? In this scene from The Tourist Killer, we join professional assassin, Claudia Barry, as she's about to squeeze the trigger.
Six for this week:
The contents of all the sealed compartments would have been obliterated from her consciousness hours before. She, the rifle, the bullet and the target became one — in the moment.
The target moved as it always did and required minimal adjustment by the shooter. Not breathing, she was motionless and nothing moved other than the index finger on her right hand. For the shooter, there was nothing romantic about this job. As she had written in her journal a few days before, “You romanticize death if you haven’t been there and seen it happen.”
The target moved as it always did and required minimal adjustment by the shooter. Not breathing, she was motionless and nothing moved other than the index finger on her right hand. For the shooter, there was nothing romantic about this job. As she had written in her journal a few days before, “You romanticize death if you haven’t been there and seen it happen.”
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In a few words, you have captured a brilliant description of an assassin and her thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I appreciate your comments.
DeleteI wouldn't want to be on the opposite end of her gun! Cool six.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monique.
DeleteClaudia is a cool customer -- charming, but lethal.
She's absolutely correct. Very intense and well written six this week.
ReplyDeleteWhen Claudia is in "The Shooter" role, she's intensity personified.
DeleteThanks for the comment.
Love how stark and simple this is. Perfect for the act.
ReplyDelete"Stark."
DeleteThanks, Monica. I hope when readers get to that line, it causes them to pause and reflect.