I shock myself and have to delete whole scenes,
I wonder if I’m a fiction writer after all.
I’ll let you decide.
Please read the following scenes and tell me which you think is a portion of one of my non-fiction stories, and which is a fictional scene I wrote off the cuff from a writing prompt.
1. A smile curved Holly’s lips, but her eyes remained impassive as she bent over the invoice she was totaling. “It won’t help to justify myself; Blaze will find out in the end what sort of person Ryan really is. If I badmouth him to Blaze or the customers, it will only make me look petty and immature. I’m just going to do my job and let God handle things in His time. He told me in Exodus 14 that He’d fight for me if I kept my peace.” Her voice sounded confident , but did I detect a tear trying to escape the corner of one eye as she cranked the radio up a notch?
2. When I came out of the anesthesia two days after the double amputation, I blinked at the sight of my fiancée, Lori, and my brother, Darrell. “Where’s Ray?” I mumbled. “Is he okay?” Lori stroked my forehead with a tender hand, avoiding my gaze. “Just rest, Honey. Ray will be okay. Don’t worry about him.” Darrell left the room, his shoulders heaving with sobs. I knew that was my answer.
I’ll tell you which is which after I think all the votes are in, so you may want to check back in a day or two to see if you got it right.
In which genre do you write? Does the thought of writing in other genres intimidate you?
