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Life’s Imperfect Edits
#WritcoStoryPrompt125
Jenny stared at the screen, her fingers hovering over the keyboard. The blank page on her word processor seemed to taunt her, but she was determined to finish her novel. She began to type, words flowing freely. When she realized she had made a mistake, a quick tap on the backspace key erased it instantly.
“Thank goodness for undo buttons,” she thought, smiling. She continued writing, her story evolving with each keystroke. Errors were easily corrected with a simple command. A misplaced word? Highlight, delete, retype. A clunky sentence? Cut, paste, rewrite. On her computer, mistakes were mere inconveniences, easily and swiftly fixed.
As she worked, Jenny couldn’t help but think about the mistakes she had made in her own life. The time she argued with her best friend over something trivial. The opportunity she missed because she was too afraid to take a risk. The relationship that fell apart because she couldn’t find the...
Jenny stared at the screen, her fingers hovering over the keyboard. The blank page on her word processor seemed to taunt her, but she was determined to finish her novel. She began to type, words flowing freely. When she realized she had made a mistake, a quick tap on the backspace key erased it instantly.
“Thank goodness for undo buttons,” she thought, smiling. She continued writing, her story evolving with each keystroke. Errors were easily corrected with a simple command. A misplaced word? Highlight, delete, retype. A clunky sentence? Cut, paste, rewrite. On her computer, mistakes were mere inconveniences, easily and swiftly fixed.
As she worked, Jenny couldn’t help but think about the mistakes she had made in her own life. The time she argued with her best friend over something trivial. The opportunity she missed because she was too afraid to take a risk. The relationship that fell apart because she couldn’t find the...
