Writing advice
Describe what you see behind you while looking into a mirror: be concrete.
Writing under duress. Never next to or on top of. What did she see in the mirror? The outline of herself was clear as a possum tail in fog. Moments away from giving up at the desk today, she looked again. What if background is foreground? Can there be a behind if there is no in front? She turned in the chair to look at the rear of the room. The door, framed prints, bookcase, floor lamp. She untwisted her turn. In the mirror was no one—her face could be a stop sign, a juice box or a pile of ashes. The collar of her shirt and texture of the buttons were identifiable. Her face was not.
