Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Faith McKenzie
You are in a room, no windows, no furniture.
The scene has been set, now write a story.
Writings
The Door
When I was a kid , my family and I used to live in a real big house. There was only 6 of us with 10 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. One of the rooms my mom used as a “Punishment room”. It had no windows or furniture. There was a door in the room but my mom said it was just for storage and I have no business opening up that door. One day I got in trouble at school for cursing out my teacher s...
My room
It is cold and it is dark
In the room I’m in
With not a sign of escape
It has no windows or doors
No lights I can see
So I stay here for I know
It doesn’t want me to leave
But it’s not that bad
It will keep me company
It treats me the best it can
Tells me what I am
It teaches me all I know
It freezes me to the bone
Stops me from moving
Burns me with its frozen grasp
It gets smaller and smalle...
The Dark.
The room was dingy, dull, dilapidated. The small girl’s hazel eyes had just enough time to widen as she realized what was happening. Then the cellar door closed and she was trapped in the small dark room.
“Daddy?” She called.
Screaming could be heard from outside. The terrible sound of scraping metal and breaking glass. The girl began to beat against the door, frantically attempting to ge...