I'm so excited to go
home and write! I had block algebra today, so that meant I copied the notes my
friend and math protégé, Devon, was taking and instead spent the 2 hours
crafting the end of my short story. I've had the worst writer's block the last
few weeks, but my dry spell is over.
The entire drive home I
try to continue with my train of thought. Maybe this should be s book instead
of a short story. This could be the first chapter. Perhaps Ashton, my
protagonist, should not return home and instead continue to travel in Europe.
Bursting with ideas, I
sit at my computer. My mom calls up the stairs, asking me to come down and say
hi to her. Rolling my eyes, I trudge down the stairs and give her the
obligatory hug followed by a brisk, "I have sooooo much homework tonight,
so I'll probably be upstairs for a while. Can you let me know when dinner is
ready?"
Sitting at my computer,
I glance over the last thing I had written. My hands eagerly land on the keys
and I can feel the story flowing through my fingertips and then-
I can't even remember
the end, or the transition to get to the end. All I can hear is Greenday's
"American Idiot" that was playing on the radio while I drove home.
"I'm so excited to go home and write!" said no one ever (?!).
ReplyDeleteKidding, that's cool. I've been around STEM peers for so long that I forget there's people who love to write.
I like the twist you have on this, with the bit at the end! Fun read for sure - I hope you have figured out what to do with Ashton since then.
You definitely got across the point of the assignment - it makes me wonder how often writer's block has come up for you more recently, especially as a college student.
Oh yeah, and sorry for the lateness.
Oh! and thank you for your kind comment, it was really appreciated.