Creative writing course

Week two: writing without thinking too much

Fence

My nan wanted a new fence. Just a nice, ordinary one, not costing much money. My dad being my dad was not happy with this. He wanted to build the best fence in the world, at the most expensive price, and give her the bill. Its a matter of perspective. He thought he was doing a great job. She didn't think she would still be around to appreciate it in 10 years time.

Milk shake

I always wanted milk shake as a child and we were never allowed it. Except, on very special occasions, and only at Wimpy. Never at McDonald's or any other food establishment. Only Wimpy, because it was a proper restaurant, and they came to serve you at your table.

Wooden wardrobe

Once on a school trip we discovered that the boys had brought booze, Lowenbrau, no less. They chickened out of drinking it, and my friend and I sat in a wooden wardrobe drinking it. It wasn't very sturdy and we were nearly 15. It tipped and nearly toppled over. We laughed, and didn't get caught. The boys were impressed.

A walk in the park

When I was at Primary School I never had exciting weekends and I always wanted to. So, when writing my Monday morning, 'What I did at the weekend', I said I had gone to the park, all on my own. I was 4! Afterwards, I was worried for days that social services would appear.

Fishpond

One Summer, my friend and I were in her garden. We looked in her fishpond and a disease had killed some of the fish and frogs. We decided to cremate them in the shed. It got out of hand and we accidentally burnt a lot of the shed down, including her mum's fabric. She was an interior designer. She didn't notice cause she was going blind.