I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
“Why would you ever do this?” “Why? Why not?”
Writing prompt exercise
“Because dropping a bomb like this on someone will ruin their worldview.”
“Well,” the man said, grinning, “it’s not like it’s an actual bomb.” He calmly picked up the package and headed towards the door.
I ran past him, blocking the door with my body, my expression pleading with him to see reason. “You can’t hand someone a package from the person who threw them out on the street for being who they say they are.”
“Why not?” Max asked me, tucking the quilt wrapped in ribbon under his arms.
“It will remind Xander of the pain their mother cause when she said they were inhuman.”
“They are inhuman,” Max’s brow furrowed. “Their an changeling.”
“Doesn’t matter,” I said, then paused. I frowned, then felt my face heat up as the anger rose within. “Hey, I resent that!”
Max cocked his head, confusion clear on his face.
“I’m a changeling!” I shouted. “And I’m half-human!”
He paused, taking a step back. The quilt dropped to the floor beside him. “I – I didn’t know that,” he said slowly. “Yeah,” I replied, shifting my feet. “We’re not exactly open about it, especially because Xander’s grandmother’s reaction is pretty common, when full humans find out about us.”
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!