Friday, July 19th, 2013

Writing Prompt – Heat Wave, and No AC, Alas

Mommy and baby girl in bikinis with their backs to the camera, sitting on the edge of a pool.We’re having a heat wave, which is no surprise, because it’s July on the East Coast.

Unfortunately, the AC decided to give out today. I’m waiting for a call back from some AC Repair companies to let me know if they can make it out anytime soon.

(This rots, because I had plans for today. Big Plans!)

Instead, we’re sitting here stewing – literally, not figuratively, because at least the basement is a cool 73 degrees. And I have iced-tea brewing – my favorite.

Hope you’re keeping cool!

Here’s Your Prompt:

  • Temperature spikes usually make people uncomfortable. Write about heat. Irritable people, tensions escalating, tempers flaring. Write about:
    • Tempers flaring out of control in the office, or
    • Tempers flaring out of control on public transportation: a bus, in a taxi, or on an airplane.
    • Write about a married couple — or a young couple living together — trapped in a sweltering apartment and no funds to get to the movies or somewhere where they might spend some time getting cool.
       
  • Heat also brings up the possibility of passion. Write about sex on a tropical island, or in a candle lit room. Write about hot, passionate kisses. Write about forbidden sex or your deep-in-your-heart sexual fantasy. Write long, torrid sex scenes designed to make your reader squirm, where the climax is, achingly, pages and pages later.

Good luck!

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