WRITING OBSTACLE

Create a scene that starts 'in medias res'.

In medias res is Latin for “in the midst of”. It is a literary tool used at the beginning of a narrative to put the reader right in the middle of the action or plot.

The Dead That Refuse

I swung silently around the bend, into the turret’s alcove, trying to swallow my breathing. A thin stream of sweat stung the corners of my eyes. The Geist was lumbering down the portico, his footsteps neither unsubtle or quiet. This Geist was either dumb or bold, and I wasn’t in the mood to find out which one.

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Jolene Barto

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