Inspirational Photo Wednesday

Live. Create. Inspire. Write.

*Inspirational Photo Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by me. Feel free to share what inspires you.

Inspirational Photo Wednesday

Live. Create. Inspire. Write.

*Inspirational Photo Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by me. Feel free to share what inspires you.

Monday's Writing Prompt

*Monday's Writing Prompt is a new weekly event I hold on my blog. Feel free to use what you see here but remember to leave me credit.

Write a short piece of fiction (100-500 words) about the prompt below and leave your version in the comments to share with others. You can also post your piece on your blog, but remember to leave a link.

“You are walking through the backwoods when you come across the body of a large, hairy creature that looks like a cross between a human and an ape. What do you do?”

Here is mine:

Wind rustled through the thick growth of trees and caused my short hair to slap my cheeks. I had wandered off the hiking trail in search of a place to relax, to clear my mind and think. I didn’t know what to do about Ben, and nature held a calm that could always help me come to a solution for any problem, whether it be serious, or involved something more diminutive, like what to wear to a Country Club party. But Ben had asked me one of the most important questions ever. And whatever choice I made would change my life—forever.

I stumbled over ferns and felled trees, searching for a stump to sit on, but when I rounded a large redwood, I froze. My pulse raced so fast that my heart felt stressed by the effort. Something large, hairy, and smelling of decay lay on a bed of leaves. Limbs like those of a gorilla stretched out from the body. Upon closer inspection, the deep rhythmic rise and fall of the beast’s chest made me think it was asleep.

I tiptoed back, trying to stay silent by stepping on rotten leaves, but the heel of my boot snapped a twig and the beast shot up to face me. It watched me with deep blue eyes the color of sapphires, so similar to Ben’s. The creature looked like a gorilla, but the structure of its face suggested otherwise. Too human. Too . . . intelligent.

I wanted to run, but I couldn’t make my feet work.

The creature cocked its head to the side and reached out with a spindly, hairy arm.

“Amy,” the beast said in Ben’s voice, moving to stand on its hind legs.

I shook my head. “Ben?”

It nodded. I spun and ran.

No.

This can’t be happening.

This isn’t right.

No.

Not Ben.

I tripped over a log and my face smashed into mud and leaves, clouding my already watery vision. I scrambled to my feet, running. Running away from the impossible.

Nature has a way of helping me answer questions. And once again, nature came to my rescue, planting a firm seed of a decision in my mind.

I wouldn’t marry Ben.

Inspirational photo Wednesday

Live. Create. Inspire. Write.

Today I took a little time to look through photos I find inspiring that made me want to write and made me think up stories to go along with the photos. So, I have decided to start a new feature here on my blog every wednesday to share those photos. Feel free to share your own inspirational photos as well.

Live. Create. Inspire. Write.

I did it again...

Yes, I did....
I completely (well, kind of) scrapped Chapter one AGAIN. I've lost count of what draft i'm on... but I think I've finally beat the monster into place.

Though, that is what I said last time too.

Basically, I took specific, important bits from the last draft of CH1, and incorporated them into CH2. So CH2 is now CH1. Make since? I think this helps to jump RIGHT into the action. Plus, it helped get rid of a lot of that pesky backstory.

I'm about to give it another read through, and hopefully I'll still like it as much as I think I do. I'm SO ready to move on from this part!

This. Is. Sparta!