WRITING OBSTACLE
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
Show a powerful emotion – love, grief, rage - in a quiet, everyday moment.
Instead of writing a dramatic and drawn out scene, think about how subtle actions and sensory details can carry the weight of the feeling.
life
I stubbed my toe
Wringing out a stream of cuss words
And soon after, my left foot stung
And the anger that the chair was left in my bones
For hours after
Last night I watched
The Fault In Our Stars
All alone
With a pint of ice cream
Bawling
I saw him last night
On a date he brought me flowers
And my heart swelled
With a feeling I couldn’t
Beer to describe
My plant dies today
It’s leaves wilted and flowers fell
My heart with my as well