The sound that goes missing
Describe a familiar morning by removing one sound at a time. Make the final silence a choice.
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Start here
Establish three ordinary sounds in the opening paragraph.
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Try this constraint
Do not show the cause. Each absence must change what the narrator does.
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Keep writing
Give the narrator a sound they could make, but decide not to.
Two ways to take it further
- Use a busy apartment stairwell rather than an isolated house.
- Let the narrator’s silence protect someone who is still making noise.
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