Creative Writing: Part 6: Putting The Plan Into Action

Part Six: Putting the Plan into Action Sam awoke still in his chair with drool on his desk. It was late in the night. Sam had been drafting plans all day and ended up falling asleep on his desk. He looks down to see a page filled with elaborate notes. “This looks like enough to go with for now.” While saying this he stumbles over to his bed to sleep through the night. In the morning Sam woke up to his alarm clock’s loud ring. Motivated to not let resistance get to him, he jumps out of bed to get ready for school. On his way out the door, he grabs his notebook so he can start working on his plan. On his walk to the academy, he met up with Darnell. Once again, Sam shared his plan with Darnell and he seemed to react even more to this plan. “That …show more content…
“A student has just informed me of your plan to convert the students in some way. What is your intent for this?” With a little bit of shakiness in Sam’s voice, he says “I intend to change people’s lives for the better by helping them make choices for themselves.” Principal Mainor sits and thinks for a minute almost like he’s trying to figure out what to say. “Here’s the thing Sam; I’m perfectly fine with you spreading this as I agree with your intent. Understand this goes against the system so you will meet a lot of physical resistance from a lot of people. I hope you’re ready to fight against it.” Sam, feeling relieved that he wasn’t going to be punished was finally able to breathe. Principal Mainer thanks Sam for coming in and invites him to return to class. Still, a bit taken back, Sam makes his way to his …show more content…
He thought deeper about and whether it was the right way to go about it. “Should I be trying to convert other people to this way of thinking by spreading it as much as possible or should I be focusing on implementing it in my own life?” These thoughts stuck with him until he fell asleep. Waking up early in the morning, Sam had a lot to think about. The night before he came to the conclusion that he needed to start with himself before moving on to others. This had struck him rather abruptly and threw his whole plan out the window. “I need to make sure these three things are concrete within myself before I move on to sharing it. Or I could start sharing it now by modeling it in myself.” This seemed like a better idea to Sam as it didn’t throw away his whole plan. That morning, Sam had decided to share his findings with the world by modeling it in