I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
A girl on the swim team transforms into a part-time mermaid
Writing prompt exercise
“Allright, everyone, take your places,” the swim coach said, lifting the whistle to her mouth. Five of us stepped up to the pool’s edge, each in our own lane.
“On your mark,” she said, whistle in hand, “get set.” We crouched down, ready to dive at the shrill signal. She placed the whistle and blew, signaling us to go.
I dove into the water, ready to swim the butterfly style I was known for. I have been swimming as long as I can remember. My moms told me they had me in the pool as young as a year old. But only one of them helped me learn how to swim. The other just sat poolside at watched, her eyes full of longing.
My thirteenth birthday had just passed, and good ole Mother Nature decided to give me my “monthly tidings” on my birthday. Yay, me. That was last week, and this was the first day in the pool since my period had stopped.
Now I know why Mama Lisa had kept me from the water since them. She hadn’t even considered swim practice.
I felt my legs tingle as they joined together, forming into a solid piece. My feet morphed into fins. Fins?
Oh, shit, what just happened?
I stopped swimming as the coach blew her whistle, the small metal piece falling from her open mouth. I looked down at my body to see a greenish-blue tail where my legs and feet should have been.
Well, this explains why I’m so good at the butterfly stroke.
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!