Episode 16: BIC HOK (Butt in Chair, Hands on Keyboard

Hey look, I found transcripts for the episodes of the Writing Excuses Podcast. So instead of typing out my own summary of the episodes, I can just link to the transcript: Episode 16 Transcript. They do a much better job of summarizing everything than I do.

And that lets me get to the writing prompt that much faster. The prompt for this episode is:

Write a story about something unusual stopping a novelist from finishing his or her book

Bill sat staring at the computer screen. Only one more chapter and he would finally be done with the book. Months of writing would finally be complete.

As he began to write suddenly there was a noise at the office door. Knock, knock, knock.

"Hey!" he yelled, "it's daddy's office time. You know the rules."

Knock, knock, knock.

"If I have to come out there it's not going to be very pretty!"

Knock, knock, knock.

Bill pushed himself back from the desk in a huff and stalked over to the door. "I told you, when I'm writing you don't...." He trailed off, staring at the person in the hallway. Or what used to be a person. The blood covered creature standing there used to be his daughter; but her vacant, lifeless eyes held no recognition or love as she pounced on him and bit deeply into his neck. Screaming in horror and pain he blacked out as he fell to the floor.

Later the creature that used to be Bill rose slowly and awkwardly from the floor. In slow, jerking motions it shambled back to the office chair, falling down into it. It raised its hands to the keyboard, and sat staring at the computer screen once more.