Aleena Stark
I find inspiration in the strangest places. I turned the TV on one day and during the four second delay it took for the picture to click on I listened to the audio of one man instructing the other.
"That's it," he said. "You've got the rhythm down. Just keep going up and down. Just like that. I know it hurts."
The other man grunted.
My jaw dropped, and a huge smile spread across my lips. When the picture clicked on, I realized it was a survivalist instructing how to start a fire using two sticks.
But for a few seconds it could have been anything. In my perverted mind it was salacious and brilliant.
I wrote out the scene from the perspective of a woman walking up and overhearing the conversation. Ten hours later I finally got back to watching TV.
"That's it," he said. "You've got the rhythm down. Just keep going up and down. Just like that. I know it hurts."
The other man grunted.
My jaw dropped, and a huge smile spread across my lips. When the picture clicked on, I realized it was a survivalist instructing how to start a fire using two sticks.
But for a few seconds it could have been anything. In my perverted mind it was salacious and brilliant.
I wrote out the scene from the perspective of a woman walking up and overhearing the conversation. Ten hours later I finally got back to watching TV.
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