I received such a warm welcome, met such creative and supportive bloggers, and had such fun last week, that I’m back again with my second contribution to Friday Fictioneers weekly challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
The task is to write a story in 100 words based on a photo prompt. Read the rules, and follow the Froggy on Rochelle’s post to read the other posts and link your own here.
My first post introduced Alice, a creative child who has an encouraging mother, and a father who is confused by his daughter’s vivid imagination. I’ve decided to continue exploring Alice’s creativity as long as I she’s willing to tell me her stories.
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Princess Rhea
Kevin looked up from his iPad. ‘Alice, have you finished your homework?’
‘Yes, dad.’
‘Did you write the story about what happened before the snow, darling?’ Asked her mother.
‘Yes, mum.’
‘So what are you writing now?’
Alice rushed to the window. ‘Look, there’s a battle in the sky!’
Her father shook his head. ‘You mean there’s a storm coming, don’t you?’
‘I mean Princess Rhea is being kept prisoner inside the black cloud and the butterflies have to help her before the sun melts them into a rainbow.’
‘Did you phone Doctor Wilson, Martha?’
She sighed. ‘Not yet, dear.’
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Dear Luccia,
Alice doesn’t need a doctor, she needs an agent. 😉 Or, better yet, a teacher like the one Rod Serling had. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’ll have to introduce her teacher at some point in the story 😂
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May I smack the father, please?
What is WRONG with him?
Lovely!!
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Thank you 💝 He needs time to understand😂
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There is always that one parent…
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I’m sure Dad will come round when film rights are mentioned
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Yes, he’s a very practical man😂
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I do hope these parents are going to come round to seeing the world from Alice’s point of view eventually!
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Eventually… meanwhile I’ll have plenty to write about. We may meet her doctor, her teacher, friends, Princess Rhea… who knows where Alice and the prompts might take me 😂
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Oh dear, how has Dad got so fr in life being so literal and unimaginative. The interaction between these characters is great and definitively worth exploring further
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Thank you:) Characters get into your head and start growing a life of their own 😀 I think I’ll explore…
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You made me wonder how many children have their dreams denied, very many I expect SADLY
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Perhaps, but creativity and dreams aren’t easily stumped. She may never change and her parents may become more supportive…
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Alice sounds like the kind of child who will create worlds, even if people tell her that they are not real. She will make them so.
P.S. I am new to FF, too, and echo your feelings about the welcome. These days, it’s hard to find a group of writers that not only share well and reciprocates.
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I meant to say “that not only share well but also reciprocates.”
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Welcome to the Fictioneers! I hope Alice perseveres, we’ll see in the following weeks.
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I am very irate with both those parents. She doesn’t need a doctor, she needs lots of paper and writing/ drawing tools. Let kids enjoy their imagination!
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Oh dear, I think everyone hates the parents, I didn’t mean to create two monsters! I’m a teacher, I teach adults now, but I used to teach children, and when I spoke to some parents, they didn’t have a clue😂 They couldn’t understand them and thought their children had become aliens or insane😂 although they mean well. Teachers often have to ‘educate’ some parents too. Perhaps they’ve forgotten to dream or they’re too obsessed with paying bills…
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Oh I don’t hate the parents. Perhaps they’ve just forgotten the magical perspective of childhood. Reality ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. 😉 Nice story, Luccia.
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Thank you for dropping by and commenting. Too much reality can kill creativity . They’re lucky to have Alice. 💟
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Alice seems to be the complete opposite of her dad. I wonder how her gran was… Great imagination, I love what she sees in the clouds.
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Yes, she does. I wonder what he was like as a child? Thank you for dropping by and commenting 💖
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What a great imagination, she needs a better support system. I like Alice!
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Thank you.💗 You’ll be seeing more of her friends and family😀
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I don’t hate the parents (though I’m not sure I should admit that here…). I chuckled at the last line, actually. I have a dark sense of humor. But you know that.
Let’s see where Alice goes because, as teachers and parents, we go along with children eventually, don’t we? ❤
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I don’t know yet. It depends on the following prompts 😂 but I’m optimistic, too 💟
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Okay… Never mind. 😂 Let’s wait and see.
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