jdavings | Writing Exercises Featuring Jordan Davings

One thing is for sure, I need to get into Jordan's head a lot more. At first, I thought I'd focus her timeline to before she has the wakeup call that yeah, she's a witch. But the more I think about it, writing her period without the influence of death will be the challenge. So. With that, the timeline will be wibbly wobbly and characters will come in and out as we work through some prompts from places like

voicesinmyhead and many others.

Characters May Include: Jessie (her gran), Piper, Ben, David, Mercedes, Madison (Piper's step-sister), her parents and anyone else who pops in for a visit.

These will be used primarily as a means of getting to know her voice and getting to know her as an individual.

Prompt 62. How Much of You Is Hidden?

Oh boy, you're really going to have me start filling these out? What about -- okay, fine she has already done them. A lot. Couldn't we have started off with something simple like... what's my favorite holiday? Which is, of course Christmas. Mostly because I like the presents and being out of school.

No? Fine then! Be that way.

I keep a lot about who I am and what I like hidden.

What people see, this flirty, outgoing and beach loving side of me is just a front - what I want them to see. If people knew who I was, what I've done then they wouldn't want to be friends with me anymore, would they? I stopped dancing because it was because of dance that my parents died and while Gran has tried to tell me over and over again that's not true, I know it is.

They don't know that I read all of Grans books on magic and spells. I'm not like her thought. I don't have her kind of abilities but I want to. I imagine I do. I even have dreams that I do. I had a dream once that I filled our backyard with so much water that it was just one giant mud pit. It's easy to wave it off and smile/laugh at Piper's insistence of magic in New Orleans but I do hear her and she's right. Don't tell her I told you that, she'll never let me live it down!

But if all of that is true, then someone could be hurt. Gran. Mercedes. Piper. The rest of our friends.

So, I keep that hidden along with my dreams of being a famous choreographer.

Maybe one day I don't have to hide so much but I aint holding my breath.

Prompt 01: Who Are You?

We couldn't have started off with this one? Geez.

COMING BACK TO THIS TOMORROW.