I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
“You’re dealing with this in the worst way possible.” “I’m dealing with it, aren’t I?”
Writing prompt exercise
I watched him as he wandered around the room, pulling clothes out of drawers and closets and piling them on the bed. The suitcase lay open, waiting for the offerings like a plate on an altar.
“Are you sure you’re dealing with it?” I asked, eyebrow raised as I leaned against the doorway and crossed my arms in front of my chest. “Because that looks more like you’re running away.”
“No,” he said, the petulance in his voice rivaling a pre-schooler’s. “I’m not running away. I’m going to leave and go somewhere for a few days so I can think.”
“Hmmm. Sounds an awful lot like running away to me.”
He dropped the stack of underwear in his hand into the suitcase and glared at me. “You have no idea how much I want to face this fear and work through it.”
“Then why don’t you?” I asked, tilting my head to the right.
“Because I don’t know how,” he cried, stretching the last word out. There was that similarity to a preschooler again.
His cell phone rang, and he froze, staring at it as if it would bite him when he picked it up.
“Answer it,” I said, sighing.
“No.”
“Come on, man, just answer it!”
“You answer it!” he yelled back at me.
“Fine, I will,” I said, walking over and picking up the phone.
“No!” he cried as I hit the button.
“Hello,” I said, locking eyes with him. “Jason’s phone.” His eyes widened in fear.
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!