writers block?

Question

okay, so i have to write a story from the view of an animal being hunted. i chose to be a warm and being hunted by a fish. i want to start off telling the story from like worm heaven and tell the story of how i died. " it was a dark and stormy night, literally i was washed up upon..." i don't know how i should start this could anyone please help me. or IM me PLEASE! [e-mail]

sorry for spelling WORM wrong. geeze. sue me.

and im saying starting out in worm heaven telling the story about how i died. a flashback....

i have to die in the end.

Answer 1

What a cool project!

You're already half-way there. You have a good imagination and a great start. You have your outline, all you need is words! From the worm's perspective, right? How's this:

I don't get hungry anymore. Thirsty either. I'm happy, cool, content and at peace. It's alot like my earliest memories, only it was always dark then. Now it's all light. Perhaps I should explain: Most of my life I lived just below the surface of the ground. I liked the loose ground the best; where the roots of the grass and shrubs broke up the sod.

But one day after a rain I went up for some air, and felt something lifting me up from the ground. I wiggled and squirmed, but couldn't break free. Soon I was with my brothers, sisters and cousins in a tin can with no way out. It was stuffy and there was nothing to eat! Before long there was a rumbling sound and we were all being pulled from one side to the other. We were all relieved when the lid was taken off and we felt the cool air come in.

One by one those with me were lifted up again. Those of us who were left weren't sure if they were being returned home, or something else. Then I felt myself being lifted up. I wiggled and squirmed, but didn't have the strength I had last time. What would happen to me then is not for the faint of heart.

Now go on to describe the hook, the watery ordeal, the encounter with the fish and the transition to heaven and the story ends at full circle!
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Answer 2

First of all, "It was a dark and stormy night" is a terrible way to begin a story. It's been done so often, it has become a joke, a kind of horrible example of how NOT to write.

Why not make your worm a hero, since he/she is in heaven and obviously being rewarded? Why did the worm have to die? So someone could catch a fish and eat. The worm's death has a purpose.

What would heaven be like for a worm? How would it be different from earth? Your worm will be surprised and pleased by the change in his/her mode of existence. Describe the differences and how the worm feels about them.

One minute, the worm is in the fish's stomach, like Jonah in the belly of the whale (which is a symbol of death, rebirth, and resurrection, by the way). The next minute, the worm is in heaven. What does it look like? How does it feel? Does the worm miss being back on earth? Does the worm accept his/her fate and see meaning in it?

And does the worm feel sorry for the fish, which will also be eaten and die? Or does the worm sympathize and hope that heaven is just as nice for the fish?

Answer 3

First advice: check spelling, a warm worm is NOT a dead worm. Second, are you going to personify the worm? OK, now think of what worms seem to enjoy. The best of that would be worm heaven. How did you get to the beach? If you're being hunted by a fish, you've escaped! Great for you, but not for dying in the story. What can a worm do to escape a fish? You need to answer those questions in an entertaining way, then you'll have a good story which I would like to read.

Answer 4

Okay. It's a dark and stormy night and you're washed up on shore. The first thing you are going to notice is that you aren't in the water any longer. The second is that you can move quite easily over the sand, that once upon a time would have been terribly irritating to you.
If you are in worm heaven, that means you are dead. How did you die? Did a fish eat you? Or did you drown? There has to be a dramatic depiction of how you got to worm heaven - and what is worm heaven like, anyway?

Answer 5

I was enjoying the dark night and looking forward to some down time in the soil. Then the fish ate me.

Answer 6

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