WRITING OBSTACLE
Create a narrative from the perspective of a character who has found out something they would rather not know.
You do not have to reveal what they know, but you should focus on showing how it makes them uncomfortable.
Where Is The Accountability
Is this all I’m capable of? Crying? Weeping over my decided fate? Yet I lack the strength to stand tall, reach 18, and die audaciously.
A family curse, the firstborn is to die the first day of his eighteenth year. A simple heart attack. Here and gone. A dandelion seed passing by.
At fifteen, you could say my parents broke the news, but really, the news broke me.
What have I done? Where is the accountability?
Anger and sorrow are weaving together.
Why waste a precious day in vengeance, though. I’ve bowed to the facts, and each time the sun rises, I’m well aware of ticking time. Each morning, each night, I hold the day in my hands. A gift I will never concede. A full life. I will live a full life.
That night was long. I was alone. I petitioned. I sobbed and I will not apologize. Because these tears helped me feel. There is a time for gladness and sadness, a time for dancing and mourning. I grieved for a lost life but held my fifteen years in my heart.
The time for regrets has gone.
I will ride to the beach and smell the air. I will play catch with my sister. I will try baking a bacon cupcake. I will be honest with my feelings. I will clean the house for my mom. I will appreciate a cafe’s atmosphere. I will compliment freely. I will-
I will write my journeys down, so maybe someone will see how I tried.
