#WRITESPIRATION #136 52 WEEKS IN 52 WORDS WEEK 41 – What Happened Next @sacha_black #FlashFiction #MicroFiction

11 Oct 2017 14 Comments

by Ritu in #Writespiration, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #Writespiration, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Fiction Challenge, Flash Fiction, Photo Prompt, Sacha Black, What Happened Next

Sacha’s #Writespiration prompt this week…

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Your challenge is to write your story using the weekly theme/prompt and write it in just 52 words…. EXACTLY, no more, no less.

Write about what happens next:

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What happened next?
What always happens…
I stood there, contemplating the world… then the clouds rolled over.
I could sense the rain about to fall.
I’d come prepared this time though.
Had my hood up ready to combat the torrent that was sure to follow…
But it didn’t.
So I went home.

http://sachablack.co.uk/2017/10/11/writespiration-136-52-weeks-in-52-words-week-41/

One-Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Conditioning?

11 Oct 2017 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, Conditioning, Linda G Hill

“When it’s my birthday, only children with faces like mine can come” – 3 Year Old School Child

This was a slightly worrying statement made by a three-year-old child in school… He wasn’t talking about them having to be young and his age, or cute, but when he said f”aces like mine”, he went on to add “no brown faces.”

If that isn’t conditioning, then what is? Surely at three, children shouldn’t even really be aware of differences like that in away? Of course most of them can describe themselves and others by colour, but to put such a negative spin on skin colour at three… Me no likey…

And yet he is my friend… Brown face… er, hello?

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.