WRITING OBSTACLE
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
Show a powerful emotion – love, grief, rage - in a quiet, everyday moment.
Instead of writing a dramatic and drawn out scene, think about how subtle actions and sensory details can carry the weight of the feeling.
Searching For The Blur
Cars fly by me in a blur. Or I fly by them. I’m not sure. They could be street signs. Or traffic lights. Red, yellow, green. Blue, purple, pink. It doesn’t matter to me.
Blue. A gradient of navy blues. The twilight sky. The sparkling white stars of a summer night. The dewy grass sticking to my bare torso under the heavy, humid Midwest air. A calloused fingertip, drawing gentle circles along my palm. A racing heart, radiating heat onto my cheek. A steady, reassuring arm I could always count on to pull me closer. A spasming chest from a light, melodic laugh, now silenced forever.
I gasp and dig my foot into the gas pedal. My ears fill quickly with the roar of the overworked engine. 70. 80. 90. I’m not sure. I’m just searching for the blur.
