Prompt #81: Gasp & Refine

Hello Writers and Journalers,

Today’s two-word prompt is Gasp and Refine. When I see the word gasp, I think of drama. And then I think of how much I enjoy making people gasp when they read my work or hear me read it to an audience.

I love that. I love causing an effect. I love causing a little bit of drama.

How do you apply refine to that? Well, I can tell you that it has taken work – years of work – to practice and refine my writing skills and my storytelling skills to the point where people gasp where I want them to. And don’t gasp like, ugh, that was terrible.

I’m sure that probably happens, still, today. But so what? I also get the gasps where I want them and that’s important.

So where in your life do you use the power to make people gasp? And how do you refine that skill?