20 Day Challenge #1

Starting off right away! Couldn't wait until tomorrow to start out on prompt #18: Create a story using only single syllable words. (ex. start prompt: "from the back of the truck..."). I don't think I fully got the meaning across on this one; every time I tried to write something a bit more direct, I got caught using a bunch of 2+ syllable words, but I like the overall feel. Spoiler alert: I was going for someone who has been tied up and is being taken out to get murdered & buried in the middle of nowhere. But getting that across without 2+ syllable words proved to be more difficult than I had anticipated.

           From the back of the truck she could see the bright moon and the side of his face; the hook nose, low brow, thin mouth. The light made her squint but she did not close her eyes. She could not miss one bit of the trip, one bit of his face. One small thing could save her life.

          Bare trees shook on both sides of the dirt road that snaked through steep hill and low marsh. They saw no cars, no homes. She did not know where she was, but still she searched the trees as though they could give her a clue. Deep down, she knew the truth, but hope was all she had left.

          The tape around her legs and wrists chafed and her hands grew numb as they drove on.