A/N: Last emotion
Fear
From spiders and snakes to water and pain, everyone has something they are afraid of.
Prompt 1: Make a mental list of all the things you feel while you are afraid, then write a scenario using something as if you fear it.
'How could I have stayed so late, it's already 9' I think as I walk home. I turn on to my street and instantly notice three streetlights in front of my house are out. I walk to the edge of the light. The distance between me and the next patch of light seems to loom before me. Not even my neighbors porch lights are on. By heart beats in my ears and my brows crease. The air in front of me feels colder and denser. In my head I see it come alive and reach out to me trying to grab me and drag me into its depths. I tense as my mind continues to mess with me. My hands feel clammy and my breathing gets shallower. I stumble back a couple steps and bump into the light pole. The impact shocks my head clear from the rabbit hole it was running down. I reach into my purse and grab my phone. Turning the flashlight on I take a deep breath and walk forward. My hand starts shaking as I walk through the darkness, each step taking me deeper. I fumble with my keys when I reach my door. I rush to get the door open and slam it shut behind me. I only see the shadows closing in on me. I squeeze my eyes shut as I grope the wall for the light switch. I see the light turn on through my eyelids. I open my eyes and finally start to breath calmly, the fear that has been with me since childhood slowly fading till next time.
Prompt 2: your fear becomes personified and approaches you. What would your interaction be like.
He stares at me with a look of disappointment. "What were you thinking?" His face morphs into someone else. She shakes her head. "It was one simple task." She turns into a little girl. "Even I could have done it right." A little boy. "How could you have messed that up?" My mom. "I thought I raised you better than that." My brothers all together "She had one task, it takes a special kind of person to get that wrong." My dad. He just sighs and turns away. I am in tears. Letting people down is bad enough but, to be rejected is ten times worse. I call out, reaching for my dad. He turns, someone else. Her hand flies. "Don't you dare touch me." Change. "Try again when you are no longer a disappointment and can do simple tasks." He turns, turning into another person. She leaves like before and again I can't stop her.
-failing, rejection, and being alone
Note- this is not to mock or belittle someone's actual fear, people are afraid of everything for their own reasons.
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