Today's Quick Write Challenge!
Create the CONFLICT. Read the excerpt below and choose one of the following conflict types to create.
Create the CONFLICT. Read the excerpt below and choose one of the following conflict types to create.
1. Character vs. Character
2. Character vs. Society
3. Character vs. Technology
4. Character vs. Self
5. Character vs. Nature
Excerpt taken from: "The Prophecy of the Stones"
By: Flavia Bujorr
HE HAD BEEN AWAKE ALL NIGHT, THINKING. He had gone without rest or nourishment. He did not need them. He had to devise his plan -- that was the only thing that mattered. At dawn, he had once again summoned the Council of Twelve telepathically. The session had been brief. He had simply informed them that the matter was in hand, that the project could not fail, and that he would soon put it into execution. The council members had not dared to ask him what his plans were. They had complete faith in him. After all, he was their superior. He had ordered them to return at noon for a meeting of the utmost importance.
Now it was time to deal once more with those incompetents so hungry for wealth and power. He briskly straightened his long purple robe embroidered with gold thread, and strode off to the council chamber. When he opened the door with his usual abruptness, the room fell silent, as each councilor felt paralyzed by fear. Not one was bold enough to look him directly in the eye.
The terrified Council of Twelve watched him: the Thirteenth Councilor, whose existence beyond those walls was a mystery to all, and who imposed his will on everyone. His image was not reflected in any mirror. He cast no shadow. He was not human.
