(What If? Exercise: Read the description here.)
I was a fool to think we could slay it.
She trusted me with her life, and I failed.
I was so sure we had it cornered.
I heard the growling before she did.
But she saw the teeth first.
I tried to save her.
It was too fast.
I blacked out.
She vanished.
This piece is based on What If? Exercise 93: “Ten to One”. The exercise is to write a 55-word story in which the first sentence has ten words, the second has nine, etc., until the last sentence has only one word. The objective is to show that precision and thrift in writing can produce surprisingly powerful results. I hope you enjoy what I’ve written. Thanks for reading!
ooooh, that’s kind of ominous! You know I like twisted and ominous! Well done with the challenge parameters, J.C.! Love it! So….what was it????? 🙂
Thanks! Glad you liked the story! It was challenging, but I definitely enjoyed writing it! As for what the beast was… I like to leave that up to the reader’s imagination. 😉
You’re so good to do exercises like this! I love doing them too but must admit to neglecting my writing for improvement purposes dreadfully in recent months. Very good!
Thanks! I love trying new writing exercises! This one was pretty tricky, but it was still a lot of fun! I’d definitely recommend it. Glad you liked it! 😉