STORY STARTER

Write a diary entry of a terminally ill patient.

Does this character feel fear, calm, sadness? What might they articulate to a private diary entry?

_——can’t Sleep

I have the Lack of sleep

I sit there in my bed

Startled…

Dripping sounds come from my bathroom

I let my dog lick my hand

I fall asleep


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I hear the dripping sounds. “ARGH THE FAUCET!”

Again…

I let my dog lick my hand..


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Mom and dad are here. But are they? dripping sounds are still there…

I’ve had enough. I go to the bathroom and I see my dog..skinned and a pool of blood sits below him..

I see a note that says “Humans can lick too!”

Comments 2

Interesting turn.