Sentenced to Writing

Back in 2019, our writing group had the following assignment: Take a movie scene you are familiar with and write it.  I chose Ride of the Rohirrim from The Lord of the Rings. Disclaimer: this is not  my story. I simply took the Movie adaptation of Tolkien's books and wrote it in my style.  Leave a comment with your thoughts! The Ride of the Rohirrim All was lost. The last of the men charged from the gates, horses pushing Orcs off the causeway, swords glinting in the light from the coming dawn. This was their last stand, their last hope. Should they fall, there was no one left to protect the women and children hiding in the cavernous depths of Helm’s Deep. Arms tired, the defenders swung, lopping off the heads of any Orcs they could reach. Their strength was failing. Hope was promised when the dawn sun rose. Aragon turned to face the first beams of light breaking over the mountain. There he was. Gandalf the White, the wizard who promised salvation as he deserted them, sat atop his w

 Prompt: Write about a character whose solution to every problem is to run. “Why do you always run from your problems?” I yelled.  Nothing I said made Ren stop his feverish packing, he just yelled back as he stuffed random things into his duffle bag.  “Some things you can’t face and live, so I’m running and you should run with me.” “I don’t even know what you’re running from!” I tried to block his way to the next room and make him talk to me.  He dropped his bag and put both of his large hands on my shoulders. “Ryah, love of my life, the best thing to ever happen to me, I need you to move.” I gave in and stepped aside. He rushed past and started pulling clothes out of the drawers, flinging loose things all over the place.  He spoke as he grabbed, “I’ve been running from this man for fifteen years and I can’t afford to stop now.” “But why do you have to run?” “ We have to run Ryah. If he knows that you’re important to me, he’s going to do things to you and I won’t be able to stop him.