Writing Prompt
WRITING OBSTACLE
Demonstrate. Incapacitate. Solidify.
In a story of no more than 10 sentences, use these three words in any order. The point is to create a story line that allows you to link them all naturally, without forcing them into random places.
Writings
The Test
Harrison, Timothy please head to the next stage of the examination, a stoic agent says not looking up from her clipboard. He gets out of his seat with his first test in hand, “Where should I turn this one in?” He asks nerves on full blast. “You can leave it with me, but don’t keep the board waiting this is your practical exam.” She says extending a hand still refusing to look up from her clipboard...
Beliefs
The roads were icy and the sky was stuffed with clouds of grey. The air was so still you could hear both of them breathing. You could especially hear her heartbeat beginning to pick up pace. She was becoming impatient. The man picked up his work boot off the young boys hand. It was already becoming black and blue. The young boy thought it might even be broken. The grown man extended his hand to he...
The Worst Merry Christmas Ever
One day little Jonny and Ellie are fighting over a red marker to color a Christmas coloring book. They were both screaming, pushing, and pulling each other. Until their mother came out of her room and told both of them to stop yelling at each other. A couple hours later they were decorating the Christmas tree, little Jonny likes to demonstrate how to put the ornaments on the tree.
Ellie was so t...
The Wish
The girl stared down at at a necklace she wore around her neck. “Oh I would give anything to see her one last time” she thought. She continued down the raod the bell was about to ring. she decided she would run the rest of the way so she wouldn’t be tardy. One more tardy and she would get extra work. She made it just in time. She put her books in her desk and sat down but the bell didn’t ring. She...
What It Means To Decide
I scrolled through the halls. The walls creaked as I leaned against the wall. My body was tense as is, I wanted to rest. A knife sharping solidifies my body, I forced energy into my body and began walking again. I tried to force open the doors, but it didn’t budge.
All the walls looked the same. I picked up my pace. I heard the sharpening directly behind me. A force felt on my back incapacitated ...
Commitment Issues
Today was like any other, all she wanted to do was solidify her relationship with him. It was as if something incompasitated him, as if he was incapable of showing love the way that most do. No matter how many couples they watched on the movies who demonstrated what a relationship was truly supposed to look like, he didn’t seem to get it. What was she supposed to do? Was she supposed to wait for h...
A Regretful Teacher
I watched, unblinking as the child tried desperately to incapacitate his fake opponent with a series of kicks and punches that he probably saw in a movie. What had I been thinking when I had signed up to instruct a kids' karate class? They were hopeless. I tried desperately to demonstrate some variation of proper form, hoping they would see how the move was supposed to look. The tikes just stared ...