Creative writing – write from the perspective of an object

Write a creative, narrative essay with emotional depth and strong voice. The piece should feel personal, reflective, and imaginative, suitable for a highly selective international context. The essay must be no more than 500 words. If I am happy with it, I will ask you to expand it with a new order up to 1500 words, so the structure should allow for organic development.

Prompt – Write from the perspective of an object that has witnessed three generations of the same family. Through its observations, the object reveals moments, emotions, or patterns the family themselves have forgotten, overlooked, or never consciously recognized/known.

The object functions as a lens rather than a commentator: meaning should emerge indirectly through what it notices, remembers, or measures over time. It must use advanced literacy devices (personification, hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Pathetic fallacy (sense of foreboding), Alliteration, Foreshadowing

Key:

• Implied authorial voice: an 18-year-old girl living in Italy
• Tone: reflective, emotionally intelligent, restrained
• Avoid sentimentality, explanation, or moralizing
• Creative writing only (not argumentative or analytical)
• Meaning should arise from scene, imagery, and implication
• Use concrete, specific details and simple, precise language (not formal)
• One clear thematic spine – Structure should be invisible but intentional
• End with resonance, not stated moral

The writer is free to use, ignore, or reinterpret any AI-generated draft or concept provided. Originality of voice and thought is the priority.