Inside the ping pong ball

I was not always the best student. I freely hold up my hand and admit that sometimes I didn’t pay attention. My mind would wander beyond the confines of the classroom to the fields and woods outside, or to the latest book I was reading. My form teacher, Mr. Griffiths, was mostly patient, but eventually, even he would snap and I would be punished in some way. His punishments were always original. One memorable afternoon I was tasked with an essay on the subject of the inside of a ping pong ball! A whole side of A4 had to be filled, not with a single line “I must pay attention”, but with my first piece of creative non-fiction. Not that I knew that was a thing back then! So here goes, I’ll try to create at least the opening paragraph of what was definitely not a masterpiece! “White, bright light pouring in. Its luminosity suggests space, expansiveness. Nothing is something when it’s contained by the outer shell of a ping-pong ball. Whole it might contain the world, but Schrodinger like we won’t know unless we cut it open to investigate.” And now it’s your turn. How would you open a piece of creative non-fiction about the inside of a ping-pong ball? Share your first lines or paragraphs below. Try to do it quickly without overthinking or overworking it too much and see what you come up with! The post Inside the ping pong ball appeared first on Linda Parkinson-Hardman.
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