In January, we interviewed Lauren Wolk for our monthly Ink Splat and issued a writing challenge all about setting. Pranav Butney, age 12, took us up on the challenge! Here’s the prompt and Pranav’s response:
Imagine a setting where you’d like to spend time. Consider the sights, smells, sounds, taste and feel of the place. Write a description of the setting, and in your very last sentence, introduce a character who fits perfectly into the space you’ve created.
On a forlorn tropical island, there was a small beach where animals lived in peace, away from most humans. The only thing that showed signs of humanity was a beach hut made of straw. The smell of the salty ocean spread over the beach like a blanket. The sand was the color of caramel, and as soft as silk. The ocean was a bright aqua and quite translucent. The ocean was quite calm, with rarely any waves, and if there were any, they were very small. The fish were rainbow-colored, with very bright and vibrant colors. The cove was silent with only the ‘caw’ of the seabirds. The beach itself was empty except for the seagulls, the palm trees swaying with the breeze like hula dancers, and the hut. But then, a man came out of the beach hut, wearing a neon orange Hawaiian shirt, wearing a white fedora, his pitch black hair sticking out through some areas of his fedora, with twinkling eyes the color of Nutella, with his skin the color of coffee.
by Pranav Butney
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