Free Writing Fridays #042
Your 100 Word Story
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IMAGE PROMPT
I could tell you where to go with this image but there’s just too many options and the last thing I want to do is influence you one way or another…let’s see if you can impress me! 😉
You don’t have to write your story today!
Free write all weekend long!
WRITE YOUR OWN 100 WORD STORY
Write exactly 100 words. Not 99 or 101. The Word Count Police are tracking!
Genre? Writer’s choice! So long as you give us all the thrills and the feels.
To Fic or to Non-Fic? You decide. What matters most is that you’re satisfied with the output.
Copy/paste your words in the comments, then share on your own Substack, and maybe, share to social media!
A Note on Substack Notes | Click the 🔄 “Restack with a Note” and copy/paste your story for added reach and growth.
John missed the last train of the morning heading into town. He desperately needed supplies for the week, or he would starve and freeze to death. At dawn, he climbed onto the sled pulled by the burly dogs and hurried towards the nearest town.
He was well aware of this when he left his wife, his two children and his boring life as a bank clerk to fulfil his childhood dream of driving sledges deep into the frozen forest.
Rescue teams were led by one of the dogs to where John lay frozen, along with the rest of the dogs.
Some day that the Iditarod is the toughest race, but having a team of dogs pull your sled through snow for a thousand miles is nothing compared to a fourth-grader having to drag a cello eight blocks from home to music school and back through Harlem at night.
That's why we set up the Midnight Youth Orchestra in one of the basketball courts.
The kids come out and play, and the dealers stop dealing, the hookers stop hooking, and the junkies stop junking.
Everybody forgets where they are and who they are.
Until Old Mrs. Washington files a noise complaint.