Hey young writers! How’s it going? So, I’ve been wanting to do one of these Christmas writing prompts for a while but was having a hard time deciding which one to do. Also, since I’m dealing with finals this week and other stuff 😛 my writing time has been severely limited, so I find that I can only do a few prompts, if any, this month. Things have been so crazy in fact, that I actually made a pact with myself to not work on any stories until after this week. Yea…I didn’t necessarily keep to that agreement, which is the reason for this post. I told myself no writing…but I didn’t say anything about not drawing. 😛 For the past few days, I’ve been doing some Christmas inspired character sketches (thanks to hanging out around KD17, who I think would be very proud of me for embracing my inner artsy). Anyway, I realized that my sketches actually go along with the writing prompt for Day 11, the Cmas Fairy. So, more of a character description/new story idea little blurb, may I introduce…Holly Snow-Berry, the Christmas Fairy!

Little Story Blurb:

I woke up on Christmas day to a tiny, red-skinned creature sleeping in my stocking. She had a holly berry for a bow, and two, cherry red spots decorating each side of her cheerfully round face, hovering just above a set of three freckles, each one perfectly spaced in relation to the other. Her features were thin and petite, except for her eyes, which were a startlingly red that might’ve made me uneasy except for the fact that she was only a few inches tall and naturally projected a sense of joy that permeated the room, even as she slept. She had no hair, but instead had long, thick, black eyelashes (three for each eye of course). She wore an evergreen colored party dress, candy-cane striped little stockings, and patent-leather shoes, green to match her dress; she was a fashionable little thing. Though she had no wings nor was surrounded in a cloud of sparkles, there was something magical and almost…fairy-like about her. I giggled quietly to myself when I discovered that the mug of hot chocolate my brother had previously left on the mantle of our fireplace last night was empty, bone dry in fact. Apparently, the little fairy liked hot chocolate…a lot. Suddenly, she sighed and turned over slightly in her makeshift bed. That’s when I noticed that she had used one of the jumbo marshmallows from my brother’s hot chocolate as a pillow. Two questions came to mind: What exactly was she and what was she doing here? Before I had time to debate my next move, her eyes popped open. She looked at me and smiled from ear to ear.

“Hi!” She exclaimed in a high-pitched voice. I was surprised; she didn’t seem to be afraid of me at all. “I’m Holly Snow-Berry! What’s your name?”

“Uh…” I struggled to find the words. This was all so strange. “I’m Tawny.” I blinked a few times. Yep, she was still there. “Um, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you?”

Holly’s tinkling laughed echoed in the small space. “That’s such a silly question!” I shrugged. She was right; I already had a pretty good idea what she was. Holly tilted her head as she regarded me. Finally she said, “Why, I’m an alien of course!”

Okay…definitely NOT what I was expecting to hear.

END OF (very short) EXCERPT.

As you can see, I found drawing to be a really helpful medium for getting my ideas down on paper, especially when it came to character development (also, because I’m a very visual thinker) and it was also a nice way to renew my energy for writing while giving me a break from actually writing. 😛 So, if you’re stuck or short on time, try drawing for a few minutes each day. You’ll be amazed the progress you can make by just sketching and as always, keep on writing, friends (in whatever form that may take). 😉

Christ’s peace and love on you all,

YW