Hampton Roads Writers

Writing Prompt for September 21, 2008

3 Part Prompt

Write a complete story that contains the following three elements:

A dirty kitchen

A kid

Any character within the story (could be the kid or someone else you make up) who is terrified of something nearby

AS A CHALLENGE

Write the story from the first or third person limited point of view of some character other than the child.

AND/OR

write the story in exactly 55 words.

AND/OR

Use some element of the supernatural in the story.

use the following words in the story--persnickitty, banal, and tainted

HAVE FUN!

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