Centina Pentina Writing Prompt: Elbow Grease
Write a story about elbow grease
When I was kid and didn’t do something as well as I should have, my father would say, “Put some elbow grease into it.”
I don’t remember him ever explaining what elbow grease was, but I got the message: Do it better, work harder, don’t get distracted.
Years later, I’m still mystified about exactly what elbow grease is.
Where does it come from? What does it look like? What are elbow greases’ uses? Are there different grades of elbow grease? Is elbow grease magical and ancient, or is it something you buy at the hardware store?
This week’s Centina Pentina prompt is to write a story about elbow grease. Perhaps your story will solve the mysteries of elbow grease.
Your story can be science fiction, romance, thriller, fantasy, literary fiction, a crime story, adventure, humor, horror, or anything you want. Your story can take place anywhere in the world, or on any world.
Centina Pentina publishes microfiction of up to 250 words.
Please include one of the following tags with your story:
6wordstory for stories that are exactly six words long
Pentina for stories that are exactly 50 words long
Centina for stories that are exactly 100 words long
OneSentenceStory for stories that are told entirely in one sentence
PostcardFiction for all the rest, stories that are 250 words or fewer
