WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a story using strong imagery representing the passage of time during a scene.
Here you could utilise typical time-based imagery, like ticking clocks, the changing colour of leaves etc, or you could create some interesting metatphors of your own.
Time And Differences
The clock ticked once.
“I want to see other people.”
The clock ticked again. There was a defeaning silence all around, a vacuum, in which time didn’t exist. But it did, and the clock ticked once more.
“For how long?”
“For however long it takes.”
One more tick.
“I don’t want that. I want to be with you.”
“I’m sorry, then. I need something new, something fresh.”
“You feel we’ve been stagnant?”
Three ticks.
“Stagnant? Our bed of flowers hasn’t been watered in years.”
A tick.
“I don’t feel that way. I still love you.”
Another tick. And another.
“Do you love me too, still?”
A tick, accompanied by a shake of the head.
“I know this hurts you, and I’m sorry. But I have to go meet someone.”
The clock ticked many more times, the only other sound in the room.
