[Write the Story] Running Away from Change
Prompt: Running Away From Change Words: flight, blacktop, tense, contemplation, window, enclosure, spit, blink, trade, fence Story I peered out the window, lost in my own contemplation of the future. I stared at the blacktop beyond the fence enclosure, to the fields beyond trying to still the racing thoughts in my head. It didn’t work. […]
[Write the Story] A Babysitter Snoops and Finds Something Unexpected
Prompt: On Main Street in a Small Town Words: square, separate, type, truculent, preach, wilderness, pang, façade, pawn, pavement Story Pay no attention to the “city limit” sign on the edge of town. The welcome to Grover Corner is a façade at best. But don’t take my word for it. Make your own judgements, just […]
[Write the Story] Behind the Scenes of the Theater
Prompt: Behind the Scenes at the Theater Words: loneliness, applaud, beg, jogging, memorize, admit, solitude, converse, eternity, marsh Story Todd tried to block out the noise and controlled chaos in the wings of the community theater. He was willing to beg for just one moment of solitude before the curtain, but it was way too […]
[Write the Story] A Support Group Meeting
Prompt: A Support Group Meeting Words: novelist, fountain, snow, lady, pastoral, communicate, scene, sprout, carve, whisper Story Colleen scanned the area, making sure no one saw her approach the fountain. This was no place for a lady or, so she was told. Good thing she was no “lady”. The scene was nearly pastoral with snow […]
[Write the Story] A Family-Run Farm
Prompt: A Family-Run Farm Words: temporary, invent, trust, horse, burst, pulley, signal, dam, punch, chicken Story “It’s only…†“Don’t you dare say it’s only temporary, or I will punch you right in the face.†Andrew bit his lip, suppressing laughter until it seemed like his mirth dam would burst. Sarah took that as a signal […]
[Write the Story] A New Love Blooms in Old Age
Prompt: A New Love Blooms in Old Age Words: inheritance, walk, dust, dapper, husky, squirrel, planation, berry, silk, shovel Story “I don’t know how much time…†Maggie couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence. “Don’t think about the future, just concentrate on today. Now. This walk.†Matt squeezed her hand while they strolled through the […]
[Write the Story] A Small Local Political Race
Prompt: A Small, Local Political Race Words: coordinated, support, farmhand, spray, serious, rail, lips, taxpayer, fool, middle Story “Better a farmhand than a meddler and a fool!†“Is that two people or three?†Cletus asked scratching his cowlick. Rhoda blinked. Was Cletus serious? She scanned the other small-town players and half seemed as shocked by […]
[Write the Story] Living with a Chronic Illness – Halloween Edition
It’s not Friday…but it is Halloween. And a few weeks back Jimmy and I were listening to Stuff You Should Know and Chuck Bryant talked about old fashioned wheelchairs and a haunted one. Which is, of course, created a plot bunny. I’ve jumped ahead in my calendar of Write the Story Exercises to the story […]
[Write the Story] Circus Performers are People Too
Prompt: Circus Performers are People, Too Words: confrontation, clap, coach, zoom, lumber, clumsy, digestion, letter, giant, whip Story “This case is going to mess with my digestion, isn’t it, Clay?†Judge Ines Neal rubbed her eyes and closed the file. “I couldn’t say, your honor.†Ines couldn’t hide a smile. Clay Page, her stalwart bailiff, […]