Scratching

He sits late into the evening with his thoughts swirling around the story.

On the large desk in front of him a covered typewriter rests at one end. On the other end, a closed laptop. In the corner of the room, the latest addition. A machine, chosen and paid for by a well-meaning relation, who really should have known better. It is an M-R-407, the most recent model of muse robot. It had taken a long time for researchers working in the field of artificial intelligence to come up with a writer’s muse that would occasionally prompt their companion with ideas and suggestions regarding whatever the writer was working on. The metallic figure sat motionless. It was turned off.

Immediately in front of him lay a pad of writing paper and a pen. He was looking at the blank page, allowing his thoughts to run once more over the scene in his head.

He sat back momentarily, thinking about videos he’d seen of people tapping away on typewriters. Of course, way back, there was a time when laptops were very popular. He didn’t want to think about the figure in the corner.

He leant forward and picked up his pen.

In the silence of the room, came a soft, almost inaudible scratching sound of pen on paper.

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