Good Monday everyone!
Today’s Patriot’s Day in Quebec (Queen Victoria’s Day in Canada) and I’m getting an extra day off. Which means more writing of course. I’ve got some extra motivation too as I won a critic of the first chapter of Oil and Boiling Water (my NaNoWriMo novel turned main WIP) by Gina Panettieri (President and Executive Editor at Talcott Notch Literary Services, LLC), thanks to a contest on Ebyss’s blog. It goes a long way in reassuring me that this crazy endeavor is worth pursuing.
(For those of you who follow me on Twitter, it’s the last time I mention this, I swear. 😉 )
So I’m in a very celebrating mood!
Which doesn’t justify at all my choice of writing prompt for today. *shrugs*
How it works:
- Read the prompt and find your angle.
- Write a drabble (100 words story, give or take five words).
- Post a direct link to your drabble in the comments (or, if you don’t have a blog, just go ahead and post your drabble in the comments).
- In the post on your blog, make sure to link back to this post.
Today’s prompt is Dread! Bonus points for people who write the drabble without using that word or its synonyms.
Here’s my story!
Dread
My breath deserted my lungs. My jealousy cursed it. Tears wet my eyes and my chest contracted on my hollowed ribcage.
Couldn’t we avoid this?
A hand pressed on my shoulder. “Don’t worry, Rochelle,” the soft voice murmured. I gazed in a pair of baby blues, hoping their calm would cross over to me. “It’ll be fine.”
My breath partially returned but when the woman rolled my bed, I knew it would never catch up. By the time we reached the big white room, I matched the walls.
“You’ll sleep and wake up all better,” they said.
They were wrong.
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May 23rd, 2011 at 9:05 am
Dont want to know the rest!
“Bonus points for people who write the drabble without using that word or its synonyms.”
mm…let me see
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May 23rd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
*laughs* You dread the rest?
Yep! Extra challenge this week since you guys are getting used to this. 😉
May 23rd, 2011 at 9:50 am
He, he, nice, what happened to hair?
May 23rd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
*shrugs* Who knows?
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I was thinking dentist’s office… hehe.
Very good!!… and I agree with tskraghu that it’s creative to do it without employing the prompt.
Congrats!!! again on winning the critique. 😉
May 23rd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Thank you very much! On all accounts! 😉
May 23rd, 2011 at 12:37 pm
This is an off topic question but one I think fitting for a Quebecois. I know about the founding ideals (which include separation of Church and State)but do the people of Quebec lean heavily toward religion? And if they do, do they follow the Catholic Church or is it Huguenot or none of the above?
May 23rd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Most Quebecers are Catholic by definition (baptized, confirmed and all that jazz). That being said, most of them don’t practice their religion. They might attend special celebrations (like Christmas Eve) but most don’t set foot in a Church every Sunday. If at all.
So I’d say that, overall, we don’t lean toward religion, are very open on what ‘religion’ means and will make jokes about it. We respect religious people but aren’t that spiritual ourselves. At least, not in an institutionalized manner.
Of course, that is a generalization based on my personal observations and NOT a province-wide survey.
May 23rd, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Thank you.
May 23rd, 2011 at 4:05 pm
I enjoyed your dreadful drabble. hospitals give me the creeps anyway!
here’s mine =)
http://taratylertalks.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-place-to-hide.html
May 24th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Me too! This is kind of inspired by my experience under the knife.
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I tried this one without using the word “dread.” The real challenge I think was conveying dread, rather than fear, since there’s a fine distinction between both emotions.
May 23rd, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Oops! Forgot the link to my drabble…
http://wp.me/p13Itw-AH
May 24th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Yes, it’s indeed a challenge! I’m glad you posted a drabble for it!
May 24th, 2011 at 5:30 am
Thumbs up for your drabble , A ! 🙂
I’m getting in early this week so as to eliminate the dreadful prospect of being late , again …
So here’s my contribution … http://writer-in-transit.co.za/drabble-challenge-dread/
I see you really stretching our writing muscles with the “bonus points thingie …?”
May 24th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Thank you!
I’ll think I’ll keep up the ‘bonus point’ option. This way, newcomers don’t find it daunting. And regulars can tackle a bit of a harder challenge if they feel like it.
May 24th, 2011 at 8:51 am
Yeah…I’m not sure I want to know what happened either! *shudder* They say you just know…
May 24th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Yeah… I don’t want to write more either.
May 24th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
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May 24th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
LOL, I’d like my bonus marks now please. 😉
May 24th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Sure! *hands over some chips* There you go!
May 25th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Oooh, Great Drabble! Your patient did right to dread it, it didn’t turn out too well for her!
Now let me think something up for my own- and not use the word ‘Dread’ – thanks for the extra challenge! 🙂
May 26th, 2011 at 10:21 am
I’m cruel that way! 😉
I’m glad you guys enjoy the extra challenge. I’ll try to keep that up.