Writing Prompt
WRITING OBSTACLE
Subitted by Jewelie Rain
Describe a scar on your character and the story of how they got it.
Try to exhibit how the events that caused the scar affect your character now.
Writings
Extraction
TW: c-section trauma
A shiny line crossed her lower abdomen, jagged and dark. The width varied, created by an uncertain scalpel. She dragged a finger along the uneven crease, her nail indenting further. The skin of her stomach seemed to push back, jarring her sliding finger, sticking every few millimeters. The scar felt fragile. Thin. As if it wouldn’t take much pressure to slice her open again. ...
Scar Tissue
I touch it. Grazing it back and forth with my thumb. It’s a line. Abrupt and slightly distracting. In the dark I can mistake it for a line of muscle. It’s a shadow rather than a real thing. It’s a line rather than an indentation.
If I close my eyes I can imagine a babe. A few days old. Pink with brand newness. Smaller than my stomach it was cut on. I can not hear me cry because I don’t think I d...
Odd Chances
For most of his life, The Pirate engaged in risky behavior. All bets were off when you raced up behind a moving vessel, some with anti-piracy protection like nets, water cannons, or even armed guards. A slip or a fall could lead to instant death. A wrong choice could lead to being hung up and maimed and instant death. The work of an assault rifle aimed at you could lead to bullets and instant deat...
The Dragon And The Scar
The scar ran from upper left side of my forehead to just below my right eye and had sunken deeply into my skin with a burning sensation. It was blood red and made it so I was unable to open my right eye now. Probably for the better, that way both my eyes to have to witness this hideous scar every time I saw my relation.
For weeks now, dark shadows had flown over the clouds of the kingdom. My kin...
Untitled
It ran from just below her hand up to the tip of her littlest finger. The jagged line pigmentless, throwing into sharp relief the warm coloring of her skin.
The defensive wound never failed to fill her stomach with the ghost of her primal fear but she supposed she should count herself lucky. To this day she couldn’t imagine why the man had attacked. The police had said the drug induced mania had...
The Ring Scar
When I was young, in middle school, mood rings were the fad among girls. In
case you don't know, mood rings had a stone that would change color
depending on the temperature of your skin. The concept was that your mood
would effect your skin temperature and that would change the color of the
stone.
Anyway, I had a mood ring on my left, ring finger. We were working in shop
class making lamps from ...
A Metal Spine Is A Scar Right?
“We said share scars not traumatic backstory!” _Jackson says generally confused on what he just heard._
“Hey you asked,” _Scarlett mumbled slumped down in the living room chair._
“Well- I- okay true-” _Jackson starts sitting up with his arms on his knees. The couch cushion shifting._
_Solomon hits his head with his cane._
“What the hell! How did you even know I moved?”
“We are sitting next to...
Tiny Little Scars
Thin white scars littered her dark skin, in no way reminiscent of the manner for which she had received them.
Some believed her to be one of _those. _People so unhappy with the life they were given that they caused themselves harm to feel alive.
Others saw the scars that covered her stomach and believed her to be the victim of abuse.
None of this was fact, for if they looked deeper they would...
Tom
Big man Tom was once Teeny Teen Tommy
And Teeny Teen Tommy was once
Little boy Tim
And Tom teaches to take your time
To teeny teens and little boys
Who remind Tom of Tim
Because he was once like them
Because teeny teen Tommy
Took to life with vigor
Started drinking in his teens
Not so tiny tons of liquor
And since little boy tim dreamt of flight
He took to the sky in the dead ...