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I haven't linked up with any writing prompts lately, but this week's suggestions worked perfectly with my WIP. While I had an infinite amount of passages relating to location and wild, finding one only 250 words long was a killer. I settled for this one. The following excerpt is from The Last Resort. Be kind.
We started down a rockier path. Our pace slowed, our hands traced along the mossy ravine wall for balance. The
air cooled and grew saturated with water, the pregnant molecules
bursting upon impact with my sweaty skin. The
patter of rain falling, heavy and fast, echoed through the
valley.
“Sounds like we're going to get wet,” I said.
“Sounds like we're going to get wet,” I said.
“I
fully plan on it,” Rye answered.
The
roar of water grew louder, as if the clouds had ripped open, allowing all the rain to pour out in one great deluge. Forget wet; we were
going to get drenched. I stopped to zip my camera inside a plastic bag.
“If
I were you, I'd keep the camera out.” Rye grinned like a pirate, his eyes wild and daring. “Come
on. The picnic area is just around that bend.”
My legs brushed against
damp, drooping fronds. Scarlet blossoms stood erect with perfect
drops of water dangling from their petal's supple tongues. The rainforest's dense canopy opened
up, allowing the sun to stream down and illuminate the foliage,
turning the leaves near fluorescent shades of green. The air smelled alive
and slightly electric, as if charged ions still lingered after a
wicked thunderstorm.
We turned the corner. A
cascade of white water crashed down a mossy cliff into a resplendent
blue lagoon. The water shimmered in the sunlight, a pool of
undulating aquamarine gemstones, with waves gently lapping along the rocky banks.
Rye's warm hands grasped my bare shoulders. “I told you it would be
worth the wait."
Trifecta's one-word prompt. This week, they gave us:
WILD (adj)
1 a : living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticatedb (1) : growing or produced without human aid or care
2 a : not inhabited or cultivatedb : not amenable to human habitation or cultivation
The Write on Edge prompt for this week is to use setting to deepen the development of your story. You can use it to give insight into a character or a conflict or simply to evoke an emotional mood from your reader. 250 words or less.
