Well, here we are, finally finishing the series of writing exercises inspired by Susan Breen’s The Fiction Class. Today’s assignment - extra credit! For more information on the book and this series of posts, please check out the original book review here.

Extra Credit: Write a short story (just a few paragraphs*) with this proviso: you can only use words of one syllable.

One Last Chance (excerpt)
She knew it was dumb. She knew she could get caught. She did not care.

She was not quite young and not quite old, not in years, that is. She was not quite as cute as she had been. Life had not been kind. She had run on miles of bad road, and her face had tread marks. But she did it. She went back home. When you hit your last turn, your last choice, when you have to go back to start fresh, back to a dead-end town full of old friends (and not-friends), when you know you risk their smirks, you have to let your pride go and just do it. Quick now, no time to think.
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