I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
“Stop telling me how to live my life!” “I’m your conscience. That is, in fact, my job.”
Writing prompt exercise
I stepped out of the elevator, a determined look on my face. I glared at everyone who dates look at me.
“Are you okay, dear?” An elderly feminine voice said behind me. I turned, staring at her in confusion. “Where did you come from?”
“I’ve been here the whole time,” she replied, shrugging her shoulders. She froze and looked at me, her brown eyes wary.
Hey, those eyes are the same color as mine.
“What,” she said. “You can see me?” I nodded. “Oh, dear,” she mumbled, looking down. “You’re not supposed to see me.”
“Look, ma’am, I don’t know who you are, but I have somewhere I need to be.” I turned and continued walking across the marble-floored lobby. Because of the noise, I didn’t hear her following me until I got outside the multi-storied building.
The New York City traffic crawled by, horns honking as drivers shouted obscenitites from the safety of their vehicles. I turned to my right, ignoring the sounds around me.
“I wouldn’t go that way,” the older woman’s voice said beside me.
“Jesus Christ!” I yelped, jumping to the side, glaring at her as I grabbed my chest. “Don’t do that!”
“Sorry, dear,” she said, chuckling. Her face showed no remorse. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
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!