I challenged myself to write something from the first person, describing their partner without specifying which sex either person was, and then I received the prompt from a writing tutor to use song lyrics to write a descriptive piece, this is the result.
On a cool summer’s night, the gentle glowing light surrounds you as I’m sitting in our favourite spot by the water’s edge. It comes from your cigarette and I watch your perfect eyes, the deep blue pulling me in as always.
I don’t know what it is about you, maybe the fact that you don’t realise how lovely you are. You have become the strength that keeps me walking, after the many mistakes that I have made in my past. Before I start thinking about just what led me here, and how lucky I have been to even reach twenty one I feel your hand on my shoulder.
The breeze is blowing softly on my face but I don’t feel the chill so much, your hand is burning through the thin fabric of my shirt. “You’re losing faith in me aren’t you?”the shadow darts across your face and I feel even more guilt.
“No!” I take hold of your hand, needing to feel your skin against mine. “It’s not you that I’m losing faith in,” your face relaxes a little, a small smile curving your mouth.
Copyright Emily Morris 2018
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hgolightly1982
I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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