Welcome to day two of the Winter Writing Challenge! Are you ready to get those creative juices flowing? I loved reading all your submissions yesterday. Let’s see what you come up with today!
Here’s your next prompt!
Write a vignette about waiting outside on the front porch.
Think you’re up for the challenge? We can’t wait to see what sort of vignette you guys come up with. Remember, it’s time to work together to unlock some of those awesome prizes, so post your vignette in the comments!
But wait…what’s a vignette and how do I write one?
A vignette is a brief evocative description, account, or episode. It doesn’t have any plot, backstory, or any elements that can move the story forward. For more on how to write a vignette, click here!
(Keep in mind, they should be less than 500 words!)
Before you start writing, we have some important rules for you to follow.
Writing Rules
1. Please keep the content of the poems and vignettes you post to a PG rating. Please avoid real curse words. Violence/fighting should be limited and purposeful. Please do not include any spice.
2. Have fun!
Remember to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and post your story as an “answer” to this question. 🙂
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Happy Writing!
Alli Prince
The Customer
The phone call came late in the day. “I will be there as soon as I can. I am just now leaving Seattle.”
I look at the clock. I close in one hour. I sigh, knowing that it would take more than that to get to Puyallup on the freeways…if the freeways were clear of traffic. Oh well, I think to myself, I will be late closing.
Customers come and go, picking up their dogs after being groomed. Other customers come and go having their dogs’ toe nails trimmed. Phone calls from customers making appointments, asking for grooming service information, and verifying appointments.
The last hour was hectic, which took my mind off the Shih Tzu, Luna, sitting in the kennel watching all the activity. She was docile, waiting patiently for her people to arrive. Thank goodness she was such a good girl.
I picked up the phone. Luna’s owner called, they had just passed Kent. I figured about another hour before they arrive due to traffic. Great, it is a good thing that I had nowhere I really had to go after work tonight.
I turned off the lights and the signs to closed. I grabbed a chair and Luna. We might as well enjoy the early evening on the front porch of the shop while waiting. The warm weather makes the wait, the long two hour wait, nicer as we watched the day turn to dusk.
Luna’s owner arrived, all apologetic about the delay, full of excuses. But Luna quickly forgave her.
Now, I can go home, I didn’t forgive her.
Late, but still wanted to write something, so I’m posting it as a comment, if that’s ok. (it’s also not my best work)
The red gingham pattern of her dress stood out starkly against the white siding of her picturesque childhood home. From my view, her life was pretty perfect. She had a loving family, friends that were with her through thick and thin, and everything a girl could want.
And as I stood here, in the street, my breath puffing out into great white clouds in the cold, watching her wait for me on the porch, I realized something.
I couldn’t stand here forever, watching her wait for me here on the porch. It was now I had to make the decision.