Bad Writing

“Perfectionism is a primary writer’s block. We want to write – we just want to do it perfectly.”

Initiation: Writing as fast as you can, write a make-believe tabloid story. Make up characters, incidents, and quotes. 

This morning, in the small town of Danbury, Texas, one teenage boy’s life was changed forever. Ryan Piper had no idea when he set out for work in the rice fields that by noon he would never have to work again. Piper, age 16, was walking his usual lane when he discovered a crack in the ground that had not been there two days prior. While this might not have been surprising in past Texas summers, with recent rains Piper found this odd and was intrigued. “I just wanted to see what might have caused the shift in the ground, so I followed the crack. It took me over three lanes and then ended at what looked like a sink hole.”

The sink hole, which geologists have confirmed is over 40 feet deep, leads to a natural cavern estimated to be roughly the size of a football field. None of that is apparent to the naked eye, however. Instead, what caught Piper’s eye upon inspecting the sink hole was a hole in the wall with something sitting on the shelf produced from the indention. “I thought it was a barrel turned on its side. I know that doesn’t make any sense. What would a barrel be doing down there? But that’s what it looked like, a barrel covered in dirt.”

Workers used farm equipment to retrieve the object which turned out to be a large wooden chest closed with a cast iron lock. Piper and other workers were able to work the lock from the chest and soon discovered that beneath the rice that some in this community view as valuable, a treasure of unfathomable proportion had been buried. The chest contained gold coins, goblets, and jewels as well as diamonds and other precious gems. “I had never seen anything like it. It was dirty, but you could still tell what it was.”

While verification of the treasure’s origin will take time, preliminary speculations suggest that Piper has uncovered the lost treasure of William “Captain” Kidd who was hanged in 1701 for allegations of piracy. How the treasure ended up buried in Danbury, Texas is another tale, but however it got there, Ryan Piper is glad it did.

Time’s Up!

Although I’m sure the article goes on to explain how Piper intends to buy him mother a beautiful mansion on an exotic beach and provide her with a housekeeper, a cook, and a personal chef…and maybe a Maserati or two.