Write a flash where a character...
...tries to do some moral good...
...accidentally ends up doing some moral wrong...
...then makes it wrong worse somehow.
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From Nicole Kukuchka
January 8, 2011 at 7:49 am
Ouch. I’m a poet, my first visit to a flash site, just looking. Nice work, well-framed, good tone and detail, all fits. No nits.
From Rich Grohowski
January 8, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Great prompt! I’m definitely going to try this!