日日更ep.4 | Encounter

1: Do a quick scan of your mind (don't try too hard). Choose one of the many images that will naturally (and probably illogically) present themselves to you at this particular moment in time. It can be a memory of your mother putting a Band-Aid on your knee when you were small or a quick recollection of how a BMW cut you off on the expressway this morning on your way to school or work.

2: Describe the person, place, thing, or event in detail. Be concrete. And here are a series of constraints in the form of don'ts

a: Don't tell us how it makes you "feel".

b: But don't try to be "objective" either, in your description - in fact, be as subjective, and honest, as hell. (Your mother's hands were bony and cruel and caused pain as they applied the band-aid. The BMW driver was a beautiful, unconcerned redheaded man)

c: Don't worry about it being interesting. Really. I cannot stress that enough. Just describe the image as best you can.

d: And, especially, don't try to interpret the image, or explain or analyze it. Just place your reader here.

感觉这个片段可以扩展成短篇小说，挺有写头的。

地铁呼啸而过，扶手像弯曲的蛇在转弯时扭动。靠窗坐着一个女生，短发，白色挂线耳机。这一排座位上只坐着两个人，她和他。他们之间还间隔了两个空位。女生用余光在看他。他也带白色耳机，穿白衬衫，靠在椅背上，好像在想些什么。

下一站和平公园。

他下车，她也跟着下车。两个人在下楼梯时渐行渐远。

咖啡店里，她在手冲咖啡。热水通过滤纸流下。门口的风铃响了，她下意识说欢迎光临，一抬头看到的是他。他也有一丝惊讶，但马上变成顾客的表情。

“一杯澳白。”

“好，请稍等。”

她把咖啡端到他的桌前。他开始注意起了她，一张平淡的脸庞，有些江南女子常有的秀气，别的没什么特别。她在弯腰的时候也看了他的脖颈和鼻尖。是一个清秀的男生，但也很常见。为什么当时在地铁上对他那么注意呢？她思虑着走回去。

“我们是不是在地铁上见过？”

“啊。”

她回过身，这时才有了真正地四目相对。

“对，和平公园下车。”