WRITING OBSTACLE
You are going to do a bungee jump for the first time. Describe the experience.
Consider your character's emotions, the sensations they will be experiencing, and their motivation behind attempting the jump.
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My heart is pounding so hard I can hear it.
βI donβt want to do this, I donβt want to do this,β I think to myself. βWhy do I keep doing this to myself? Why am I always getting myself into things that scare me so much?β
Iβm holding down the vomit I feel coming. My stomach is a fluttering kaleidoscope of butterflies. I feel myself shiver and shake with a mix of the frosty afternoon air, and the pure horror of the high fall I will be jumping off in a short amount of time.
βDianne, itβs your turn!!β The excited, yet surprisingly active and fit, middle aged lady called. My heart sinks. Thatβs my name.
I waddle over to the edge. I get the final safety rope attached to my harness and prepare for the jump.
βOne, twoβ¦β the lady says. I inhale. I close my eyes and think of all the little things I was scared of as a child, and compare them to what Iβm doing now. Time seems to slow down. I feel an awkward kind of calm and gratitude.
βThree!β She finally says as Iβm gently pushed over the edge. Soaring through the air, I feel alive.
Then I hear the rope crackle. *crack, crackβ¦snap!*
Suddenly, I donβt feel so alive anymoreβ¦
