- Working title
- The Walk Back
- Situation
- The narrator leaves an event early and takes the longer route home without telling anyone.
- What the narrator is avoiding, admitting or circling
- They wanted to be included, then wanted to leave, and both things were true.
- Concrete detail
- A shop window still has a sale sign taped crookedly inside the glass.
- Emotional pressure
- The narrator is trying to work out whether leaving was sensible or just easier.
- Suggested first sentence
- I left before the speeches, which was either wise or weak, depending on how generous I feel.