I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
You wake up in the middle of the night to see a dark figure crawling across the floor
Writing prompt exercise
A strange noise roused me from my sleep. My eyes opened, and I froze, trying to listen with more than my ears. Being nighttime, I couldn’t quite see despite good night vision. I didn’t smell anything. Weird.
The sound reached my ears again, a low moan that settled into my spine, setting every nerve on fire. I quietly half-sat up, leaning over the edge of the bed.
A dark figure crouched on the floor, crawling slowly towards my bed. It looked like a small dark throw pillow, though it was more rectangular than square. Closing my eyes to try and get some of the light-blindness to go away – wait! Light-blindness? I have blackout curtains on my bedroom window, because light makes it very hard for me to sleep.
I turned my head to glance over my shoulder at the window. The curtains were parted about a foot-and-a-half apart, and the moonbeam glowed softly into my room. It was broken only by the shadow of the person standing on the outside peering in at me.
The moan caught my attention, and I looked back at the rectangular figure crawling across the floor. It now had a tail at one end.
Tail?
“Sabrina,” I whispered, “what are you doing?”
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!