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WRITING OBSTACLE
A quiet, unassuming librarian has an interesting and unhinged train of thought...
Write this character's internal monologue as they perform their normal, mundane jobs. How do their thoughts fit in around their actions and visible characteristics?
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The dainty tinkle of the bell staggers across the large expanse of foyer and I look up and immediately think _another infestation_.
There are four of you and you all look like you don’t belong here. Because you can’t read or, if you do, you only read hardbound and only the first few pages. So you can post pictures of your _aesthetic_ books and brag _this is what I’m reading now #bookworm_.
You’r...
Just look at them, going through the shelves, living their normal lives. Why do they have to look this happy? And this perfect? Life isn't perfect. At least not mine... But theirs is. It's unfair. I have to stay in this damn dusty library all day. When was the last time I saw the sun?
No. No, I shouldn't think like that. There are people worse off than me. I shouldn't complain.
Oh, just look at ...
Tracy scanned the pile of books the large middle-aged man set in front of her. A high fantasy book of high renoun stuck out to her. As she reached out to scan it back into the system, a gruff voice asked, “Actually can I renew that one?”
Looking up, Tracy gasped as an ork put a green hand with leathery skin on the cover of the book. He shot her a questioning look and pulled the book closer to him...
Her fingertips caress language, desiring to inscribe next to them. Yet she continues reshelving the books. Standing atop the cherry red step ladder she fixed her plaid skirt as to not flash the passerby of the “Religion” section. Amanda stood atop that bookshelf and peered over the adjacent one. Noticing a man, a real definition of a man. Shoulders broad enough to block the aisles, height of the s...
The Winterswept Booksellers, a cozy little library at the center of Dewtown, was like a home to Akane Kai, who may have seemed like the reserved intern from the loud and bustling London, but was a world of vibrant colors inside.
She gazed into open space, wondering about the fascinating sights of bamboo forests, arctic planes, and Amazon jungles, her mind spindling like a carousel as a custom...
“Excuse me, but do you have the next book in this series?”
The voice catches me by surprise as I whirl around to see the young woman, holding a book up in her right hand. Her nails are perfectly manicured and painted a vibrant shade of pink, almost matching the cover of the book she has in her grip.
Of course, I think with an internal eye roll. The flowers twining over the book cover evoke a fee...
Today I scanned barcodes like a common grocery store clerk. Over and over. And over. From one stacked pile (beep) to another stacked pile, I pushed old paperbacks, stained hardcovers, and the occasional cracked dvd toward all manner patrons. Sometimes, they would offer a “good morning” or “thank you,” but mostly our interactions were quick and quiet. A child could do my job. In fact, a self-serve ...
i am a librarian. the days are long, and monotonous, and i find myself yawning more often than not.
actually, i counted yesterday. on my last shift i yawned 34 times in 4 hours. that’s got to be a record. i’ve actually never broken a record- though i did research some interesting ones. the wierdest one that i managed to find was “most magic tricks underwater in three minutes”. i can barely even...
The library was quiet, as it should be, but not only was it quiet, it was dark, as dark as a building along a suburban street would seem. She, the librarian that slept in the downstairs maintenance rooms quite often, was catching up on the work she had not done the previous morning. As her droopy eyes lazily dragged by a book’s spine label, she muttered on about how the Duke of Wehlisberg should h...
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