This might be the last post of Eden for a little while, Mark Twain has bested me for the moment, and I’ve got plenty of other ideas to share. I’ll come back to Eden after I do a bit of a restorative cleanse with some writing that is wholly original to me.

Part two of my attempt to adapt Mark Twain to a modern setting. Nothing puts your writing skills to the test quite like working with material from an absolute master. Every time I think I’ve got something figured out his text throws me a curve ball.

For this first Friday writing I’m sharing an excerpt from Eden, an adapted screenplay based on Mark Twain’s “The Diary of Adam” and “ The Diary of Eve.” The idea is to create a modern love story between two newlyweds based on the creative genius of Mark Twain.