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"Jamal had no sense of his body. He couldn’t stretch out his hand before his face. If he still had one."

Sit back, Reader. There's more.

"Flash.

Another impact, somehow inside him, around him, a part of him.

Another hit. This time it entered him, possessed him. A sudden rush of warmth, anger, fear, innocence, electric, exploding

“You’re the one who wanted to adopt . . .”

A fragmented memory, harsh, isolated, deeply personal, painful -- but not his own.

The stream of colors moved faster, dipped, then rose, dropped, swirled, snapped left, then right -- faster and faster, spiraling into infinity.

Flash.

New thoughts invaded him, rushing in like a swarm of flies, endlessly buzzing messages on fast-forward. Snatches of minds, conversations, disconnected phrases and feelings -- not his own, yet at one with him, and he with them.

Bright lights, whistles . . .

Mamaaaaaaa --

They’re giving you up --

Honey, pine, pain , dirty . . .

Father’s shame, mother’s love . . .

The images pierced him, sharp, clear.

Ain’t my kid --

Won’t face facts . . .

So high, don’t know you, so high . . .

Faster and faster, louder and stronger, the thoughts crowded in on Jamal, pressing and screaming, and shouting in defiance.

Slut

Stupid,

Gook,

Swish

Breakup

Dead

Nig --

Accident?

Looser

Wimp

And through the mental storm, only one thought did he recognize,

Murderer!

The chill that seized him made Jamal glad that he was dead --

Flash -- We’re here --

Then again, maybe he wasn’t."

[-- *Excerpt from my sci-fi tale THE PAST IN FUTURE PRESENT -- ]

Take the emotional roller coaster rides we experience almost every day.

Take the physical senses of cold wind, rain, and wet, angry, and warm.

Take the nausea we felt when we ate something that didn't agree with us and caused us to spend too much time in the porcelain facility.

Take the headaches and the lost and lonely feelings, shift them to an unreal world, and spend that yarn using real substance to build a realm of fiction and fantasy.

That's what you can do when you let yourself simply write and tell the story.

Last time, I mentioned the power of WHAT IF. Here it is again—an amazing, remarkable source of inspiration and introspection.

Still and forever extremely valuable pastimes for writers and other creatives.

Now, what are you going to write today? And what if …

Happy creating,

Alex Simmons

Have questions? DM me (@AlexSimmonsSays). Or email me at: GoWriteForIt@gmail.com.

(*I'll share more about my sci-fi novel in the coming weeks.)

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