Censoring The Grisly

Show an act of violence from the perspective of an unwitting witness, without revealing the explicit details.

Writing violence can be a tough balance. Too much gruesome detail can be off-putting or exploitative. With this prompt, consider how you can use a secondary character to show the horror of a violent act without the need for a gore-filled description. Try to focus on the emotional and psychological implications of the scene for the witness, allowing the reader to fill in the blanks and thus become a co-creator in your narrative.