Challenge
September 2024 Drabble Challenge: A Day in the Eighties
Using exactly 100 words, tell me a story inspired by the phrase, "A Day in the Eighties." You don't need to use the exact words, just launch into a flash fiction piece that goes wherever your imagination leads. I ask that you use standard spelling, punctuation, grammar, and prose construction to spin this yarn. Are we talking about a decade? Temperatures? Old age? You decide. Please don't tag me, I'll read all the entries and pick a winner sometime in early October. Winner gets two whole dollars!
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It was a good day
I remember sitting cross-legged in my bright yellow room on my narrow, four-poster bed, sans canopy. I remember the late afternoon sun finding a way to send a shimmering ray through my small window despite the close proximity of our neighbor's home. I remember the new black marble notebook in my hands and the happy feeling of opening to a clean page, writing my first words.
My lifelong passion for writing began in 1980. I had enjoyed creative writing in school prior to 1980, but it was that year that I began writing for myself.
It was a good day.