No suggestions were offered last week, so today the prompt is “Nothing.”
NOTHING
Her senses strained, desperate to receive a signal of any sort — a speck of light, a whisper of sound, even a whiff of scent to orient her inside the void — but only the sucking rush of nothing swirled about her. Panic pricked the edge of her mind. She tried to speak, but found herself voiceless.
Her jaw clicked and popped as she struggled to expunge the gag. Her molars pinched the flesh of her cheek, shocking her into stillness. Metallic blood, sharp as any knife, leaked into her mouth and drowned her words.
She rose then, and went to rinse the offending taste from her mouth. Moments later, armed with coffee and a new determination, she returned to her station before the glowing screen.
“There’s no such thing as writer’s block,” she announced to the empty room.
The cursor winked at her, egging her own. She scowled at it, and began to type.
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That was great. And we so deserved it!!! Sorry about the bloody mouth though. So for next week… It promised to be a beautiful day, but as the sun filtered through the eerie fog on this Friday the 13th, she wasn’t buying it.
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Glad you liked it. I was wondering if I should use an old suggestion, but then decided to go with what I had…which was nothing. 🙂
Great prompt, and I won’t have to find something new to say about nothing next week now!
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Okay—-that was awesome! I am loving the fact that I get to read stuff today—and write to boot! Okay my suggestion—“With an enthusiastic handshake the deal was sealed.”
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Oooh, another suggestion! Thank you.
Great to “see” you online again — so excited to hear you are starting another book!
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Great idea! “It’s time,” she said, grabbing her suitcase and striding toward the …”
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Oh, I wonder what she is striding toward? The possibilities are infinite…
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The cursor winking drilled it home for me. I’ve noticed it mocking me every once in a while as well. I enjoyed your take, K! My suggestion: “We gave it everything we had, but it wasn’t enough.”
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Thanks for reading; I”m glad you enjoyed it. I wondered if I was being melodramatic, and then I remembered — I AM melodramatic. haha.
Thanks for the prompt!
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