This is something I wrote for a contest of some type for figment.com. I just love this one a lot because it's based off a vacation I took years ago. Hope you all enjoy!
A few hours later, we made it to my relatives’ house. When I got out the car, I did not expect the view to be so spectacular. There was a little creek that ran by the house and a large swath of woods as far as the eyes could see. But it was the hills that took my breath away. They were large and the kind of hills that giants lived in. This got my creativity sparking and that night I wrote about a beautiful elven princess kidnapped by giants and how she fought to escape to her home. I was kind of glad that we went.
It started out as any vacation would. A long car drive down the highway watching other cars zoom by and making shapes out of the clouds. Sometimes I would sleep, but other times I would imagine being anywhere else than in the car. Grandpa would look at me in the rear view mirror from time to time as he drove, but I paid no special attention to his glances. Why should I? I didn't want to be stuck in the car as we headed to see some relatives I had never met in West Virginia. I was bored. There was nothing to do but stare out the window and even that got boring after a while.
"What are you thinking about, Nicole?" Mom asked from behind me.
I turned around in my seat to look at Mom. She was reading another Jane Austen novel while my sister was leaning against her shoulder, asleep. How my mom wasn’t pushing her head away was a miracle in itself.
"I’m just bored. I want to get out of the car," I whispered. Mom nodded.
"We'll be there in a couple of hours, so why don't you try to write something?" Mom suggested.
I turned back around and looked at the notebook in my lap. I had been trying to write something for a while, but couldn't find anything to write about. I sighed and continued to look out the window.
A few hours later, we made it to my relatives’ house. When I got out the car, I did not expect the view to be so spectacular. There was a little creek that ran by the house and a large swath of woods as far as the eyes could see. But it was the hills that took my breath away. They were large and the kind of hills that giants lived in. This got my creativity sparking and that night I wrote about a beautiful elven princess kidnapped by giants and how she fought to escape to her home. I was kind of glad that we went.
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