Flash Fiction Friday on Wednesday – Be careful what you wish for

This is the character study I did for my character “Jessica” in my new WIP, Fire in the Woods. I wrote this just to get a “feel” for her before I got started with the story.

The story ended up going in another direction, but this was the basis/starting point of her character. (As well as the rest of the story)

Jess lay in the grass. The stars of a billion galaxies sparkled in the night sky above. When she was little, and her parents fought, she’d hide in the backyard, and the constellations would keep her company. Since her parent’s divorce five years ago, not even the stars could console her. Instead, they made her feel insignificant, small, and alone.

A shooting star’s tail lit up the night and disappeared from view. She closed her eyes, and wished with all her might. She wished for someone who could understand her, for someone to love her.

She wished for someone to appear, and change her life forever.

…Be careful what you wish for.

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16 responses to “Flash Fiction Friday on Wednesday – Be careful what you wish for”

doncarroll | July 31, 2012 at 1:50 pm |

i really liked that jenn. it certainly has a poetic feel in it:)
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 31, 2012 at 2:28 pm |
  
  Thanks Don!
mywithershins | July 26, 2012 at 5:54 pm |

It’s amazing how just those few paragraphs can open up so many possibilities! Good luck with your WIP! 🙂
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 26, 2012 at 10:08 pm |
  
  Thanks!
Writerlious | July 26, 2012 at 10:23 am |

What a great idea! Character studies like this are so revealing. 🙂 I love the idea that she’s waiting for something or someone to come along and change her life.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 26, 2012 at 1:12 pm |
  
  That part really didn’t quiete make it into the story. She’s not waiting… it just kind of slaps her in the face wether she likes it or not. 🙂
jamieayres | July 25, 2012 at 4:18 pm |

So good, so good:-) I can’t wait to read your books, lady!
Let's CUT the Crap! | July 25, 2012 at 3:37 pm |

Enticing. I want to know everything about her now, especially how old she might be. I have no idea why this is my first curiosity.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 25, 2012 at 8:46 pm |
  
  Funny — I didn’t touch on that here…probably because I really had a clear vision of her in my head, and this was really just starting notes for her. Jess is seventeen, and going in to her Senior Year of High School
susielindau | July 25, 2012 at 9:32 am |

Thanks so much for the link up! Love your flash. I really do believe that we should be careful what you wish for. More often than not, we get it in buckets! (Although cash in buckets, I could handle. 🙂 )
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 25, 2012 at 10:11 am |
  
  Yeah but even money would probably have a price 🙂
  - susielindau | July 25, 2012 at 10:33 am |
    
    Good point and irony!
Ravena Guron | July 25, 2012 at 7:10 am |

Jessica (can I call her Jessie?) seems interesting. Oooooo, this new book sounds exciting!
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 25, 2012 at 8:11 am |
  
  I am really excited about it. I am just finishing it up, and I hope it will be as exciting to read as it was to write.
WomanBitesDog | July 25, 2012 at 5:57 am |

Definitely wants to make me know more!
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 25, 2012 at 8:45 pm |
  
  Yay!