A short story a week

The challenge offered in my short story writing class is writing a story each week. This week the muse for the story is an article from the paper from which we create a character using a "character questionnaire." I chose to use an obituary posted in the local newspaper. After completing the questionnaire, I wrote a story about the person's life - fictional of course. What a great way to use a prompt - the character questionnaire - and then to let my imagination take off. See the writing riff page entry for a brief glimpse of my developing story.