Close shave
This is a new thing at Jenny’s called Saturday Centus. On Saturday she gives a prompt (in bold) and then we have 100 words or less to complete the piece. We have all week to do it and then link up at any time. Do pop over as there are some fab pieces & they only take a minute to read!
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I look back over my shoulder, squinting into the late afternoon sun, gawking with stunned alarm at the broad rolling muddy waters of the Mississippi.
‘Stop!’ cried the voice in my head.
What sort of beginning was this for a novel for goodness sake! What do your readers expect? Think about it! Not some sort of Indianna Jones epic for certain. They are used to a gentle, creative style that depicts England with its rolling hills; its Romantic poets; its Shakespeare. After all, you have set out to be the author of a modern day Miss Marple. Remember her? Small villages with gossipy people knowing everyone’s business. So what’s with the USA theme all of a sudden?
I shook my head & the picture vanished!
Julia, you are sooooo cool! This was really fantastic! I loved it! You are brilliant! And it was nice to read one that wasn’t all dark!
Didn’t know anything about the Mississippi!
Very crafty indeed:-) Never would have looked for this coming…Peace and blessings
I like the thought of being crafty! Many thanks for stopping by!
Fantastic twist on the prompt I love it!
Many thanks fore popping in! Great to meet you!
Well done!
Thank you Sir!
Excellent Loved it . I actually did research on google before I wrote mine how sad is that
Not sad at all! That’s what writers do!
Very cool, and so completely different than any of the others I’ve read so far! Well done.
Thank you! Bit naughty really!
Excellent! What a creative use of the prompt, totally unexpected and really well done.
Thank you! Not sure what Miss Matlock will say though!
Extremely well done!! A unique and surprising take on it.
Cudos!
THank you very much for your kind words 7 for popping by!
He he – well done! Are you a latent romantic novelist???
Now that’s a thought!
Excellent! What a creative spin in making it the introspective musings of the writer. How very original and terribly clever of you! Great job.
Aw! Schucks! I’m blushing! Thank you!
SIMPLY hilarious! I felt like I was talking to you as you worked through it. Loved it.
Glad to ‘speak’ to you! Thanks for popping in!
Wow, you really turned this upside down on its head. Nice job!
I like to try & do something a little different – thank you!
Excellent, love it. The 100 words idea is a great one, might pop over and have a look 🙂 Jen.
It’s really good fun & stretches the old thinking! Have a go!
LOL, I really liked this. It was very different. Great post for Saturday Centus.
Thank you! So glad you stopped by!
hahaha I love your twist on the theme!
Thank you! It came because I know very little about the Mississippi!
Haha, love it, you bought it back to England!
I was a bit thrown at first thinking what did I know about the Mississippi lol
Yes – I panicked at first becasue I like to join this. I think it is such fun!