Write in whatever kind of genre you wish for this prompt: fiction, poetry, or even non-fiction if something like this has happened to you.
You wake up in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke, and your eyes are burning.
FIRE!
Take the story however you’d like, but you’ll get “bonus points” if you add in some twists like:
- Unconscious family members
- Phone is dead
- Your dog or cat is missing
- You run back in for a precious photo album or your computer
Have fun and share your favorite sentence as a comment to this post. We’d love to read your words.
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