Writing Prompt Wednesday Number 16

Writing Prompt Action

With an air of triumph, he tossed the dust into the wind and disappeared into the night.

Writing Prompt Character

He didn't know why, but he couldn't stand too close to machinery. It made his ears ring.

Writing Prompt Dialogue

"As your father, I insist -," "Oh, cram it with the father stuff! You're two years younger than me."

Writing Prompt Object

Writing Prompt Setting

Specks of light appeared on the horizon. In the desert, there was more reason to fear than hope.

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