Writing Prompt #4

Playing with cliches is an interesting challenge.  Often it’s easy to reject one’s own writing as being too cliche and therefore not worth continuing.  Let’s begin with a few cliches and see what new and innovative things can be worked into them.

So for this prompt, use the following and then take it somewhere “real”:

You are a 17 year old boy who lives in a farming community in Iowa in the 1960’s.  You are at a state fair and are currently sitting on a Ferris Wheel next to the girl you have a crush on.  She is wearing a cardigan sweater, you are nervously contemplating putting your arm around her…

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