Today you’re going to rely on memory to conjure up a vivid setting for your story.

The Prompt

Tell a story set at a country fair

Tips

• Use all your senses to place us at the fair, right at the start of the story
• Paint a picture and include a character walking through that setting, his/her mind set on doing something (winning a prize perhaps? Meeting a particular someone in a particular place?).
• Hint that there might be more to their desire than can be simply explained (he wants to be a big shot at the coconut shy; she wants to meet a boy). No, there is a deeper reason they want to do the thing they’re pursuing as we, the reader join them.
• After you have squarely painted the fair scene for us, transition away from providing many details of the fair, and instead concentrate more on character.
• Don’t forget to bring in something from your setting, near the end, to bring the reader full circle.

Yes, it sounds formulaic, but remember:

1. It’s only an exercise and
2. I’ll award a big fluffy panda to anyone who ends up writing something exactly like that of another StoryADay writer, by accident just because you’re using a formula!

Go!