This one was HARD.

Like, really hard.

Todays exercise was about writing in the second person narrative. Its not something I've ever tried to do before I dont think. I've done first person present tense, which is almost as hard, but I really haven't ever tried 2nd person.

Well here we go. The link to the article for todays exercise is here: Why you should try writing in the second person.  It gave me 15 minutes to write a peice, anything at all, in the second person narrative.

Here goes. It's crap. I warn you.

*****

Your eyes open with a start. You close them again and reopen them. There is little difference between one state and the other. Reaching out, feeling around you, the floor is against your back and you can just feel the leg of your favourite armchair with your outstretched fingertips.  Rolling, you wince as the movement triggers a pulsing pain in your skull and wetness slides down your temple into your eye.

Wiping your eye clear, you reach out and pull yourself to all fours and reach for the coffee table. It feels different and it takes you a moment to realise that it is on its side. What happened here? You search your memories for an explanation.

You remember leaving the club, hailing a cab and paying the driver as he pulled up outside your house. You remember walking unsteadily up the path to your door. Your keys were as usual lost in the depths of your purse, and you fumbled to find them. Swaying, your key clicked into the lock and the door opened. You thumped heavily against the hallway wall as you kicked off your too high heels.

A weight, heavy and pungent pressed you bodily against the woodchip of the wall. An unwashed hand smelling heavily of stale tobacco slid over your mouth and nose as you heard the door being kicked shut. You tried to struggle, but your body betrayed you, lost in panic and confusion.
He dragged you further into your home, into your lounge and shoved you at the couch. You fell, bounced and hit your head off the polished wood of the coffee table and thats it.
Nothing else.

****.


Have a go yourself at some of these exercises. Show me, post a link in the comments and I will have a read. If you dont fancy it, let me know what you think of mine in the comment section.  What bits did you like? What didnt work for you?

Thanks!