WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a short story that uses delayed decoding to create tension.
Delayed decoding is when the narrator describes an object or event but without all the information needed to fully understand the scene until later. It often relies on sensory information without context.
Her Pain
MINOR LUNAR CHRONICLES SPOILER ALERT
DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T READ CRESS
Cress glanced around at her surroundings. Wires lay on the floor, mixing with her mass of blond hair. Panels were open and computers on, illuminating her face with an eerie blue light. Cress touched the thin but sturdy sheet of glass, leaving fingerprint smudges. The stars sparkled. She had been stuck in the damned satellite for years now. Fear mixed with pain and sadness in her expression. The woman was coming today. To see how everything was coming along. And Cress was scared of the woman. The woman who had raised her. The woman who had locked her in damned satellite. A tear trickled down Cress’s cheek. She would never be saved. Stuck alone in the abandoned satellite, she would never be saved.
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