Today's Quick Write Challenge!
Create the INTERNAL CONFLICT. Read the sample internal conflict below. Choose one of the story starters and BEGIN your story with an INTERNAL CONFLICT.
Create the INTERNAL CONFLICT. Read the sample internal conflict below. Choose one of the story starters and BEGIN your story with an INTERNAL CONFLICT.
SAMPLE INTERNAL CONFLICT
Excerpt taken from: "Thank You Ma'am"
By: Langston Hughes
The water dripped from his face. There was a long pause. A very long pause. After he had dried his face and not knowing what else to do dried it again, the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run!
In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed.
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In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox. Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed.
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"Why was there a secret door in the back of her closet?
Why had it just opened?
And what could possibly be down the steps???"
Story Starter Two:
"It was finally there, after all those years, right in front of him."
