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Friday, October 21, 2011

Three Days Later

{Found in Drafts Folder}

Why am I scared of my own creaky house?  Turning on the lights will quash this crazy feeling, right?  See you at the coffee place tomo

Write On Edge: Red-Writing-Hood
the prompt:
Compose a post in the form of a text–160 characters.
Your text must elicit or express fear.
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67 comments:

  1. dosweatthesmallstuffOctober 21, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Oh, I'm always scared of creaky houses!!! They really freak me out!

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  2. Galit BreenOctober 21, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    *Love* the cut off tomorrow! Love!

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  3. RatzOctober 21, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Creaky houses are indeed scary. 

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  4. CDGOctober 21, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Excellent! Oh, really good!

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  5. SkoteiniaOctober 21, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    Well done!  Who pressed 'Send'?

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  6. JackieOctober 21, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    I love how you cut off tomorrow! Great job!

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  7. katieross83October 21, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Dang! I love this. You gave it all a new twist by having the text found unfinished in the drafts folder. That leaves me wanting more!!! 

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  8. katieross83October 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    And I just (duh!) noticed your title, too!! Great job adding composition there....

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  9. KirOctober 21, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    oh you wily girl, I was ready to just let the text hang....too. And you did it!!! great job!!!! I should more chances , because your "FEARLESS" "AMAZING" writing is so good.

    YEA! xo

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  10. TLanceBOctober 21, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    The title makes it work. You killed this, literally.

    Great one

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  11. Karen @ Time CraftedOctober 21, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Perfect!  What can be found by what we leave behind....now that's scary.  But, in this particular case, I'm left wanting to know what happened! :>

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  12. JackieOctober 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    What?!?! It just ended abruptly.... the house wasn't creaky. It was something else. Something to be afraid of.

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  13. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    But who knows what...

    ;)

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  14. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    It crossed my mind to use this as a seed for NaNoWriMo, but I don't think I can sustain that type of suspense for much longer than 160 characters, LOL

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  15. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Thanks!  I'm glad you noticed the title :)  It makes a difference, right?

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  16. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Thanks Kir!  Leaving the text hanging also meant a little more flexibility with the word limit!

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  17. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Thanks, on both accounts.  What happened to her?  (my narrative process didn't get that far!)

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  18. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    It was never sent :)  That's why I added the (found in drafts folder) part.  Maybe they find just the phone...maybe the phone next to her body...maybe it's nothing...

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  19. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Thank you!  I kind of wish I could sustain a suspenseful, mystery/thriller type story, but I don't think it's the time to try something like that.

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  20. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    My house is sooooo old and creaky.  I'm always sitting up in bed: "What was that??"

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  21. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Thanks Galit!!  That's one way to work with a word limit ;)

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  22. AlisonOctober 21, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    That just totally gave me chills up the spine.

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  23. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Our house is so creaky (It was built in the 30s.  Or something like that.  I can never remember.)

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  24. katieross83October 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    My first thought was a ghost. But my first thought is nearly always a ghost. I think a ghost had been haunting her all that time and finally, it made its presence known...in a very real way. But that's probably weak. You could do better. 

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  25. KatOctober 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    AHHHH!!  Totally scary the way it just cuts off like that.  Yikes!

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  26. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Truth?  I have no idea!  And I don't know if I could do better than a ghost.  I've never written supernatural before, so I would probably stick to the real world baddies-stalkers, killers, errant cats.

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  27. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    I'm glad you liked it!  (or were scared by it; I guess that's not the same as liking it, LOL)

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  28. AngelaOctober 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    Creaks in the daytime are funny.  Not in the nighttime...

    :)

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  29. ValerieOctober 21, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Will she make it to the coffee house?  This is creepy!  I live in a creeky old house too.  Must have the lights on:)

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  30. Karen PetersonOctober 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Ha! I love that! I toyed with having a cut off message, but couldn't make it work. You did a great job!

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  31. CarrieOctober 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    ooohhh...and it was saved in drafts...oh the thoughts whirling.

    I'm scared for whoever this is

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  32. JessicaOctober 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    I'm scared of my own house at night. 

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  33. Roxanne PiskelOctober 21, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    Oh that is GOOD. I love how it was found in the drafts folder. And I get scared of my creaky house too!

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  34. NicholeOctober 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Ooohh...love, love, love the way you ended this! ::shivers::

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  35. jentos23October 21, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Awesome!! I loved the ending of this :)

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  36. VenusOctober 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    Great!  Very realistic!! :-)

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  37. ReneeOctober 21, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    The cut off word is the creakiest part by far. And? Three days later. Love it! Good job.

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  38. JuliecgardnerOctober 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    I love that you used the title to convey even more "fear" to this in the 160 characters...

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  39. Jennifer BarrOctober 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Well played!!! Love it! Love the title, love the drafts detail, love the unfinished word!! New fave post...

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  40. KimberlyOctober 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    Oh I love how you set this up!

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  41. E & A RosenfriedOctober 21, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    took me a moment to take it all in... creepy. definitely. 

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  42. GayletriniOctober 21, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    awesome!

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  43. K CastilloOctober 22, 2011 at 1:07 AM

    I love the unfinished ending.

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  44. Jennifer BrunoOctober 22, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    I've really enjoyed these.  I didn't do the prompt, but this is good!  The drafts folder?  Good addition!

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  45. Latitudes of a DayOctober 22, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    I like the incompleteness of this. I just know something happened, but what?

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  46. The Drama MamaOctober 22, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Found in your drafts folder? Oh that it could be true makes it even scarier!

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  47. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Well, not MY drafts folder :)

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  48. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Well, not MY drafts folder!

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  49. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    Well, I'm not exactly sure either.

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  50. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Thanks Jen!  I hope everything is going well with you :)

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  51. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Thank you.  Who knows what happened??

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  52. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Thanks :) 

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  53. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Thanks Kim!  Scary & creepy isn't my thing.  I am scared just reading these posts!

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  54. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    You are too kind :)

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  55. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Thanks Julie :)  Maybe a little bit of cheating to use the title :)  Whatever works :)

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  56. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Yes...is she missing?  Is she dead? Did her phone die before she finished tweeting, and she's happily watching old Nick at Nite reruns?

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  57. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Thanks Jen!

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  58. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Thanks Nichole!  I am too wimpy to write an entire scary story, but this was kind of fun.

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  59. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    Oh geez, me too.  It's bad.

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  60. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    I do, too.  I always think I hear things, especially when it's just the kids and me.

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  61. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Well, good!  Since she's not real, it's ok to be scared for her ;)

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  62. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    I don't know :)

    My house is creaky and old as well, so I definitely know the feeling of needing the lights on.

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  63. AngelaOctober 22, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Oh, thanks!  Adds suspense, helps with the character limit.  It's a win-win!

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  64. Hopes@Staying AfloatOctober 23, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Ewwwwww creepy!!  It's going to make me look over my shoulder whenever I step on my creaky hardwood floors!

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  65. Nancy COctober 23, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Niiiiiiiiiice, That missing letter is classic. And this really worked for me. 

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  66. Nicole RiveraOctober 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    I am SO HAPPY I am reading this in the daytime!! I (too) often catch myself, like a child, bounding up my basement stairs two at a time STILL believing some sort of scary monster/alien/over-sized spider is going to grab my ankles and drag me into the darkness! I've lived in this same house all of my 35 years and there are some creaks that still scare me!!

    Awesome job!!

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  67. (FL) Girl with a New LifeOctober 26, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Genius. I loved the way you ended this mid-sentence.

    PS I am now following you on twitter via flgirlnewlife.

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