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My Doppleganger & I Am A Gardener

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Blog City = Day 241

Prompt: You just met your Doppleganger. {Person who looks exactly like you.} What happens next?

The mirror with my image shimmers and ripples drawing my eyes wide
My mouth forms an 'oh' but no sound escapes
As I watch my image take its form and stretch itself out
through the glass to stand at my side.
I turn and look into my eyes, but really not my eyes
As darkness bleeds from deep within
The smirk that greets me is withered and torn
Devilish delight plays across the upturned lips
I tremble and I quake
What have I done
It bares its teeth, they're razor fine
And barks out a chilling laugh
"I am you and you are me
But together we can not be seen
You will have to make yourself scarce
And with that I will help."
It grips my wrists and twists my might
I try to battle, I try to fight
But the image grows stronger
It breaks me down
And forces me into the mirror
trapped behind the glass
Forever bound.

30 Day Blogging Challenge

Prosperous Snow celebrating lead with a quote I quite enjoyed from the writer of the Game of Thrones series. He speaks of a writer either being a gardener or an architect. The plants the seed and waters it letting it grow in ways it wants to; the architect plans out in intricate detail the stories blueprint and follows it to the letter.

I am more of a gardener. I like to see where the story will go, but I do put together a rough outline to give me a chance to consider my options. Following it is not necessary but it is a good idea to sketch out your scenes at some point so that when you go back in the months following NaNo you can rewrite with some kind of order.

Like, Prosperous Snow celebrating , I have completed my October NaNo Prep (last night). My story and my characters are getting together to show me the way come November 1's midnight - 12am - when the writing may officially begin. The anticipation is building. I am a bundle of nerves.... ready to bolt out of the starting gate.

I my Nano counter has been reset to 1 word (0 deactivates it, apparently). All is well.