My writing prompt of today is to provide a plot for this conversation, which is typed below. What’s the story behind this situation?
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“I don’t know why you’re putting up so much resistance.” I rested my elbow on the back of the bench. “It’ll work.”
Naomi stared at across the park as moms with preschoolers and babies played near the duck pond. “You have a lot more confidence in your plan than I have. So many things could go wrong.”
“I know.” I rubbed my forehead. “I have thought this through. I know the risks. It can work and work fantastically. All our problems will be solved.”
“If we pull it off.” She crossed her legs. “If we don’t …”
I closed my eyes. “I know that too. We don’t need to cover it again.”
“Maybe we should.” Naomi still didn’t look at me. “We should remind ourselves what failure means.”
“Not trying at all is worse.”
Her head swirled to me. “You really think–” She gasped, uncrossed her legs, and picked up her phone from where she’d set it on the bench. She said to the screen, “Noah just entered the park.”
My spine turned to ice, but without any hurry, I pivoted in my seat, removing my arm from the back of the bench. Shielding my eyes from the noon sun, I gazed to the duck pond, then snuck a quick peek to my right.
Noah and two other guys stood in the gate to the park.
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I can’t wait to read your inspiration for the plot behind this conversation!
What opening lines would you write about this photo for a mystery story?
