On a chilly Thursday night, in a conversation with a friend, I promised to write 100 words of fiction this week.
Baby steps, right?
Well, here’s a third of my promise. Used Trifecta’s Weekend Trifextra challenge to craft some fiction. The prompt: 33 words in first person narrative.
Dear friend, I didn’t promise to write them all at once (wink)!
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Borrowed money from the kids to pay the overdue electric bill.
Made a promise to pay them back.
Using nickels from my tips, I chip away at my debt. With the lights on.
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Isn’t it interesting how our kids have more money than we do sometimes? Well done!
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Thank you! Glad you stopped by!
Ha!ha!Loved this third of your promise,well done:-)
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Now only 67 more to go
That was great a real starving artist and the sacred single parent. Bravo
Thank you…
Its so good my friend..in fsct i think you could have usef the ‘on a chilly thursday night ‘ part because it was just as complelling.
Yay..first 33 are written! see you’re awesome.
Kir recently posted..Occupied Thoughts (100 Word Challenge)
Thanks for the nudge
It felt good to try a bit of fiction.
My kids always had more money than me and were crazy money lenders so I didn’t borrow.
Katie recently posted..Spring Sunshine is on the Way-Saturday 9
I wondered if the kids would charge interest…That would be an interesting twist.
This is great! I’m excited to read your next 67!
Tracie recently posted..Merry Go Round And Round
Guess I’d better get to writing them, eh?
Love this! (:
Thank you!
Oh, this is sad. Nicely written.
Lumdog recently posted..Test Post One
Thank you. My real life is relatively happy…it’s nice to go “darker” in my fiction.
You have really captured the bitter reality that exists for people in poverty and/or, the working poor in these 33 words. Adults shouldn’t have to worry about nickels or have to borrow/take from their own children but, far too many do. It is just sad, sad, sad. Your story paints that picture exactly. Well done.
Thank you. I pulled this nugget from a story my grandmother used to tell. She paid back her kids using nickels from her tips.
Turn the lights off! Turn the lights off!!
Classic NYer recently posted..On death and coffee pots
Ha! (Or at least use some of that cash for some wine….)
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