Today is the 36th Edition of #WritingWednesday!!!
Remember, #WritingWednesday is an EASY, STRESS-FREE, weekly writing challenge.
- Read the writing prompt below,
- Spend 5 minutes writing (in your own voice or the voice of a character you’re writing) whatever comes to mind,
- DON’T EDIT what you write! IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECT!
The goal is 5 minutes of creativity.
Today I am writing in the voice of Austin, the main character in my current work in progress, The Beast Within.
Today’s writing prompt:
Write a quick love story. The story must end badly.
“It isn’t love,” I tell myself, mumbling as she walks away. “You don’t love her. Don’t follow her,” I say, as I stand and start toward the door she just disappeared through. “Wait, Sophie, please don’t go.”
I watched as her steps slowed and finally stopped, but she didn’t turn around.
“I… I can’t lose you too,” I said, instead of the words I knew she wanted—needed—to hear.
Her back stiffened. She rounded her shoulders and held her chin up high as she gripped her car keys in her fist. I could imagine the look on her face, strong yet sad—broken yet determined, but she never looked back.
The car beeped twice. She had unlocked the door.
I’m losing her, I thought. I reached out, started to call her again, but she didn’t give me a chance. She took the last few steps toward her car door and climbed in. The door slammed shut with a load echo that reverberated off the building behind me and a shutter shot through my body. I crumpled to my knees as I watched her car drive away.
“I love you.” It was only a whisper, one she would never hear, yet they were the truest words I’d ever spoken.
© 2019 Nina Soden
Alright, now it’s your turn. I’d love to see what today’s writing prompt inspires in you. So, if you are willing, go to the comment section below and start typing. Take 5 minutes and let’s see what you come up with!
Write a quick love story. The story must end badly.
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Nina Soden 
Today I am writing in the voice of Roy, a character in my upcoming novel, Fleeting Shadows.
I had only known her a week, maybe a little longer than that, when I lost her. She was brilliant and I regret that I didn’t get to know her better when I had the chance. She seemed so fierce, and skilled. I felt more affection for her that week than I have any other person. Her funeral was hauntingly beautiful but I wish I wouldn’t have had to attend it. The last real conversation I had with her, she was filled with fear about her battle we both knew was to come. Sometimes, when I think of her, the only thing that makes it hurt a little less is the thought of that conversation. I felt such a sense of peace when I told her to get some rest and pulled that blanket up to her shoulders. I’ll see her again someday, my Reese.
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