Sunday 5 August 2012

Careful What You Wish For



#Day 5 Frustrating in  #BlogFlash 2012

Natalie always found the toilet seat up. Frustrating wasn’t the word.  A gazillion times she had nagged Liam to put it down. Leaving the cap off the tooth paste instantly sent her into another frenzy of nagging as well as the towel being left crumpled on the floor.   

This morning was different. The tooth paste was how she left it, as was the toilet seat and the towel; folded neatly and ready to use. But it wouldn’t be used by Liam ever again . . .  the car accident had seen to that.

How she longed to see that toilet seat up . . . .   

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Day five of the jump-on-board-for-blogflash2012-30-days-30-prompts-30-posts/ coutesey of Terri Giuliano Long. Pop along to her page The Art and Craft of Writing Creatively for wonderful tips and advice on writing and for reading the entries from wonderful writers.

10 comments:

  1. Excellent post Lizzie.

    Wasn't expecting that twist at the end but really good :)

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    1. Thank you. I thought long and hard, a walk along the beach (not so hard) and came up with some frustrations and a way to turn into story. Glad you liked. xx

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  2. OH! Whoa! Did not see that coming! That was smart storytelling in those hundred words!! You totally caught me by surprise!! :)

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    1. Thank you Ruth. I felt my last few entries were more 'bloggy' than story and wanted to get back to story telling. Spent a ong time thinking about this one! xx

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  3. Oh *gasp*, that's a bit dark. The start of a novelette?

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    1. I've written a few bits of fluff recently and wanted to do something different. . . shall think about it further maybe, and see if can continue it on another prompt? xx

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    1. Thank you; thougth I'd done a bit too much fluff recently. xx

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  5. Wow, what a twist! I really didn't see that coming. I love that twist on frustration, Lizzie.

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    1. Thank you Terri . . I was thinking about annoying habits causing frustration but took it one step further as I've been writing a few soppy posts recently.Glad you liked. xx

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