I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
Caves are weirder and more varied than you think
Writing prompt exercise
Darkness.
Cold.
Damp.
The smell of wet permeates my nose as I regain consciousness. How did I get here? My mind wonders as I open my eyes, and the magnificence takes away my breath.
Surrounding me was a cave, silvery in the light of glowing lichen. The walls were smooth and seemed to have the flow you see in liquid mercury. Water pooled in small crevices on the floow, which was darker than the walls, more the color of graphite than mercurial silver.
Stalagmites and stalagtites glowed softly with a crystalline structure. I could never remember which was which.
I remember visiting Squire Boon Caverns as a child. The pinks of quartz had glimmered in the walls, and the quartz-clear geodes lay around the cavern.
I didn’t see that quartz here, which made me wonder: where was I? This cave was stranger than many pictures I had seen, more varied despite the familiar chilly damp.
Was I in a cave in the world where I lived? Or was I in a foreign realm? Would I find others like me if I ventured outside? Or was I in for some horrible surprises? I could breathe the air in this cave, but would the same be true above-ground? Was I even below ground? I wish I knew.
Purpose of this prompt
I wrote about why I’m doing this exercise in a separate post. But what purpose does this writing prompt exercise serve? Well, it serves three purposes by:
- Keeping me in the practice of writing.
- Helping generate story ideas.
- Offering you sneak peeks into what I might be working on next.
This piece is raw and unedited. I have made no changes from the words I wrote long-hand in my notebook. Why would I do that? Because I want to show y’all that what you write doesn’t have to be perfect the first time. Don’t let perfect get in the way of getting things done.
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That’s all for now. Stay fabulous, y’all!