Sarah As the First Woman President

Author’s Note: These prompts are my attempt at working on writing fiction. I may not always follow the cards exactly, but I am working on writing fiction.

Fight The Giant — Cards against normality prompt: Not My Job — Give your hero new responsibilities, including a chance to prove herself.

List three interesting jobs in your world, then brainstorm how your hero might fill them.

Imagine your hero is drafting a resume. What, would she list for career goals?

If your hero were to pretend to have another occupation, what might it be?

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Years ago, I was Sarah's boss when she was just out of high school. She had a direct supervisor, Cynthia who came to me with a few concerns about Sarah's work ethic. I asked that she explain her concerns.

"Well, Sarah is getting more and more involved with politics. She is following a politician around the state with his campaign. He is very flamboyant and it is understandable how she may be attracted to him. He doesn't seem concerned about anything he says and some of it is a bit out there," Cynthia explained.

And how does this affect her work with us? "She needs time off, almost every week." Can you sit her down and explain what her job is and explain that if she can't do the job, then maybe she should look for something more flexible?

"I have done something similar, and she makes commitments and then can't follow through." Well, I prefer to give people warning, warning, and then let them loose to do what they really want to do. Maybe you could help her to find a way to do what it is she really wants to do?

Sarah did find a way to do what she wanted to do with Cynthia's help. She was hired by the campaign and spent every day working with politics and helping her candidate to be elected. In a sad turn of events her candidate was killed, along with his wife in a tragic accident.

She would continue her life of politics and found many ways to interact on the political scene. Sarah was soon considered for a position that made her the first woman to ever hold that position.

After a successful stint in her new position, Sarah decided that there was more to do and could she reasonably do what was needed in her current position? Probably not, but it was a help on her way to get where she needed to go.

When talking with her friend Sally, her political advisor, they decided that it may be important for Sarah to put together a resume to take a look at where she may have gaps in her education and experience if and when she would ever consider running for President of the United States.

Sarah thought that was silly, but she started work on just such a resume. Right at the top, she typed her goal as the first woman president of the United States of America. She laughed as she typed it and somewhere deep down, she thought why not.

People in her past have told her all along that it is important to see herself in the position she is applying for. Cynthia her first supervisor, right out of high school told her that. After she did that, she got her dream job with her favorite political figure ever.

Today she was in a job she loved, and she knew she could do more, if she is allowed, so she is going for it. The resume feels like a small step in the final goal. And even if she doesn't get there, who knows where she will end up. Maybe another spot in the White House or perhaps on the Supreme Court.