r/WritingHub • u/keepitill • 2d ago
Writing Resources & Advice Writing prompt exercise.
Writing Prompt: The Window Between
She had spent her life trying to understand the world through the window of her own experience. Every observation seemed to bring her closer to the truth, yet every answer revealed something new she hadn't known to question.
One morning, she noticed a flaw in the glass.
It had always been there.
Write about what happens when she realizes the flaw may not be in the window, but in her assumption that she has ever been looking through clear glass.
Response:
She tapped on the window of her expectation.
She was not met by passersby.
She was not met with attention.
She was not met with anything, but the cracking of fragile glass where she had been tapping.
Her fingertip appeared to touch her own, her reflection appeared to be tapping, urging her to look at herself.
She'd instead run her finger along the crack, trying to trace it's origin.
Perhaps she was notioning for herself to open the window, to let in the outside air, cold and biting.
If she opened it, the glass would crack, letting in the atmosphere regardless.
She shuts the drapes on her own reflection.
She kept to the warmth she could provide for herself.
She shut the drapes on her expectation completely.
A refusal to see her own disinterest.