Loveday Writing

Describe a scene in which there is only a moment of action: a very small activity.**

This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part is the ending I’ve written.

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Pursuit

The footsteps were getting louder now. And faster. Jade reached the corner and met a classic alley leading to a dead end. Would this be her dead end? New sneakers squeaked to a halt, breath playing catch up. She slowly turned to face her pursuers. They found her alright, the three of them gave her an evil but cheeky smile as they fired. The paint burned as it hit her torso, Jade immediately regretted joining her friends at paintball.

**Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.