Writing Prompt #420: Awkward Lecture

A student knows more than the teacher.

A student knows a LOT more than the teacher.

What now?

Writing Prompt #419: Dialogue Snippet #2!

Write a scene that includes the words, "Because he's leaving."

Do you like dialogue snippets? Would you like more of them? Would you like to comment and tell me what you'd like?

Feedback is welcome. Till then, I'm still throwing chum to the invisible internet whales and shall assume no one cares.

Writing Prompt #418: Dread

Yesterday, I was running through a parkinglot at full speed, and I sincerely thought, "Maybe I will be hit by a car and won't have to face these people and do this."

I did what I knew was right and brave. I survived.

Write a scene where your character does something he or she has been dreading.

Writing Prompt #417: Shifting Contexts

Show the difference in how people interact with each other in different places.

I interact with my boyfriend very differently at my house than I do at his, and we interact very differently in restaurants than we do on sidewalks.

Sometimes, when you're with a friend in a new context, it's hard to know how you fit and what your role is. Sometimes you need the other person to take the lead and sometimes they don't.

So, write. ^-^

Writing Prompt #416: Helping the Noob

It's someone's responsibility to show a new person the ropes.

Writing Prompt #415: Crowd-Sourcing

Someone draws strength from a group of people.

Writing Prompt #414: Dowager Heroine

I got to spend a little more than an hour basking in the wisdom of an artist who was a widow.

She had so much to share and to teach, so many experiences and dreams to draw like gemstones from her pockets, and then every other moment, she mentioned him. 

She was wise, she was stable, she was strong, she was very much a part of this world, and she was living without her best friend. Half of her was somewhere else. She could talk about him, and she could teach, and he wasn't there.

Your challenge: Someone who isn't present is very important. They're influencing everything, but they're not here and they're not coming back.