Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
Tag: Bored
The Proofreader
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
encouraged to get creative in 250 words or less
using the photo below as inspiration. This is my story
Dear God in heaven! How the hell Iβm supposed to get through this book is beyond me!
Iβve been at it now for hours and Iβm bored stiff. I donβt know who this guy thinks he is but Iβll tell you what heβs not β¦. a good writer! Iβve read menus more interesting than this rot!
Jeez Louise! Iβve come across some real clunkers in my day but this one is totally b-o-r-i-n-g. Haul out the woodchipper!
The owner of the small publishing business behind me, Miss Willow Everwood, is my boss; I work there as a proofreader and I really like my job but reading this book is torture. Miss Everwood spotted me dozing off on the chair and demanded I sit on the hard pavement to keep from getting too comfortable and falling asleep. She even said she didnβt want me rooting around inside until I was done with my job.
Well, now my limbs are as stiff as an old hickory stick, my noggin feels like itβs full of sawdust and my buttβs as hard as a slab of redwood. I swear if I have to keep reading this, Iβm going to nod off right here in the middle of the sidewalk and start sawing wood.
If I had a rope Iβd hang myself from the nearest tree! But Iβm not about to get all sappy.
Well, good luck to this Tolkien guy if he thinks heβs going to make it with these creepy Ent people!
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250 Words
This is Rob Inglis with βEnts and Entwivesβ
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