Out of practice

I haven't been free-writing in a looooooooong time.

There's no space for free-writing when you have 3 major assignments due in the last week of uni.

Your mind is filled with connector words (or conjunctions) like: nevertheless, however, hence, consequently, as a result, interestingly, therefore, and ergo (when I've exhausted the rest).

I just play around with them in my essays. That's as far as creativity goes in an academic essay.

So, I'm going to give this a go.

Free-write whatever in ten minutes. Let's see how this goes.

Ben always wondered why life was the way it was. You know, funny, uncertain, surprising, unexplainable yet it could be boring and mundane and tiresome all the same. It was a hot summer's day and Ben was having lunch on the front deck because it was cooler there. He looked at the clothes drying in the back. Mum washed all the whites last night. A light wind swayed them back and forth.

His mind wandered as his molars mechanically crushed the bits of peanut in the peanut butter and jelly sandwich he was having. In his mind he wasn't a boy anymore. He was a man. Big and strong and mighty. Just like Superman. And of course, there was a girl- sweet, smart and artsy. He would say 'hi' and she would say 'hi' back. He would take her our for ice-cream and they would discuss their favourite Saturday morning cartoons.

Ouch. His opened his jaw and did everything to lower his scream . He fingered the surface of his molar to remove the obstruction. Stupid rock. He flicked it with his forefinger and it landed somewhere in the grass.

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Okay... that's where I got to in ten minutes. Yes, I don't have to come up with an ending. Although, now I really want to.

I'm so sorry you guys have to put up with this kinda thing on my blog.