Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-37041992-20181004223948/@comment-35711173-20181006003615

If I hear a mysterious noise in the house, I will be on instant alert. If someone who had broken into the house pulls a knife, I will be retreating very quickly to get Mr. Smith and Wesson and cancel his ticket. There's a nut skinning himself, and I would be afraid he would go after me. I'd use every instant of head start I could get. I would do SOMETHING, at a minimum duck through a bathroom door and lean against it or SOMETHING to resist.

I've got a big problem with "too shocked to move."