100 Words or Fewer
Today’s post is based on a writing prompt I shared in the exclusive Daily Drafters chat thread: 100 Words or Fewer. Keep reading to see what I wrote, and to access more writing prompts.
What I wrote below is based on the following writing prompt that was shared in the Daily Drafters chat: Write a scene in which someone has exactly 100 words to explain everything to someone else before time runs out. Or pretend the world is ending and you only have space to write 100 words— what would you write, and to whom? Or write a poem that is exactly 100 words.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, It was a bright, cold day in April and all the clocks were striking thirteen in an age of foolishness, an epoch of belief, an epoch of incredulity, after Mother died today and Someone must have been telling lies about the dreams I had of Mander— facing the firing squad as The sky above the port was the color of television and I bought myself flowers like Mrs. Dallow— as Ships at a distance held every man’s wish on board, and All of this happened, more or less…
If the world was ending, I would probably remember some of the greatest opening lines in literature. I’m not sure what writing them down at that point would do, but I would probably write them down nonetheless. What about you? What would you write in 100 words or fewer if the world was ending?
I might revise, edit, or add to this draft in the future. Stay tuned!
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© This work is not available for artificial intelligence (AI) training. All Rights Reserved by K.E. Creighton; Creighton’s Compositions LLC. The above work is a piece of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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