Friday, July 10, 2020

A Clothing Story Starter

This bunch of clothes on the ground in a strip mall parking lot caught my attention. Was this intentional?  Did an angry partner toss the other partner's clothes from a car window? Why are there no shoes in this pile?
Is that rectangular item a seat pad? Did the clothes fall off the back of a pickup truck without the driver noticing? Were they left near the collection box for a clothing donation and someone decided to pick through to see if  she or he could use some of the clothing? Did someone dig them out of the collection box just to be mean? Was someone searching for a treasured item in one of the pockets?
Scenes like this can stimulate a writer's imagination for a story. A writer can make the story from this picture ominous, joyous, or funny. I think I'm going to work on this and see what I can come up with. Any ideas?
Smiles,
Sylvia
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