The untitled document — a room for one change

Original flash fiction · Invented characters · Small beginnings

Mira wrote a sentence on the workshop board: “A blank document waits behind six open reference tabs.” Nobody laughed. It was exactly the problem they had been avoiding.

A visitor added a suggestion beneath it: “Write a rough heading and one question before opening another source.” Mira read it twice, then tried it on just one small part of the work.

The next morning the board was still untidy. One corner, however, showed an actual attempt instead of another promise.