Thoughts of a Mad Man

Scene prompt

Scene prompt





Characters:


One loud angry with a pet


One small shy with a fancy hat


Bored bus ticket seller with a nervous habit





Goal: to get out of town


Obstacle: the bus is canceled for the next three days


Disaster: Someone calls the policeman, who has a grudge against the POV


Mood: Mild agitation turning to desperation


Terms to weave in for flavor: Trapped, stuck, itchy, small, barren, empty, cramped, abandoned








Hint: weave words in where the emotional bits don't fit; if they resonate, they'll prime your reader. For example, hollow, plastic, shallow, fake, empty.








For example:


After his cheating wife hung up, he went to work cleaning up after the rich girl's quinceañera.


Empty boxes had been strewn about the room, admid bits of wrapping paper and cheery fake flowers. The hollow cardboard tubes rolled out from under his feet until he bent over and threw them in the plastic bins. "It's time I got rid of her. Time I escaped."