Writers know that inspiration emerges from the most unlikely of sources.

I found that to be the case for this week’s submission at Creative Copy Challenge, the writing prompt site I adore.

Recently, I purchased a new desktop computer. I bit the bullet and purchased one with good reviews and a healthy price tag.

After all, it was for my business.

Silly me thought it would be a simple plug in and go. Hey, what can I say? I am a self-proclaimed Pollyanna.

You can check out how this experience influenced this week’s CCC submission. The challenge words are in bold.

Creative Copy Challenge #379

Marcus was quickly approaching a region of no return. Ingenuity was the carriage he rode in on. Destiny was beyond his control.

Try as he might to noodle around the obstacles, Marcus was forced to meet them head-on. His rapid breathing was a rhythmic co-conspirator as an uncomfortable urgency crept into the tasks at hand.

He would poke, prod, and pummel the blasted enemy into submission. What seemed like a never-ending battle had lingered well past dawn. Marcus simply could not fathom defeat. He had invested too much.

Measuring success had become personal. He’d be damned if he would surrender. Marcus would not fumble his shot at supremacy.

“Got you, you bloody bastard,” he cried.

The computer blinked in mocking surprise.

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