“When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.” - Ernest Hemingway

Be sure to place the link for your completed story in the comments section of this post so we can find it. If you are late in posting, place the link in both the comments section of the prompt, and the comments section of the current prompt, but please tag it as a late comer.

You might consider making your own TP icon to announce your story as such. Readers watch for this and will respond.

If you do participate in the Thursday Prompt remember that it is good form to read your fellow participants. If you wish to give a critique, ask if the writer wishes one and then send it along in a private note.

Always remember; we are all writers together.

This week’s prompt is given to us by a random word generator: shortage

Host's note: My apologizes for not being my usual self last week, but life caught up to me in the form of visitors. Beginning next week I should be back to normal. - Vixyy