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The first thing I did alone — a ten-minute writing prompt

The first thing you did alone. Write it down to what your hands did.

What a child is asked afterwards

The first thing I did alone

What was the first thing you did by yourself? Write about that day.

Everyone gets the same subject. What differs is the follow-up: one question for children, two for teens, three for adults. Only the children's wording is simplified.

Where people usually get stuck on this one

When it reads flat

Find the sentence you are least sure about. What you actually meant is usually hiding there.

When the first line won't come

Skip it and start at the second. The opening writes itself once the rest exists.

When it all sounds obvious

Delete every line anyone could have written. What is left is yours.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Land on the shortest line

A short landing is what stays.

One thing per sentence

Don't staple two ideas together with 'and'.

Don't name the feeling

Instead of 'I was sad', write what your body did.

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