NIBB.

A rainy day — a ten-minute writing prompt

Pick one rainy day. Don't write about rain — write what happened.

What a child is asked afterwards

A rainy day

What do you do when it rains? Write about a rainy 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 sentences run long

Cut at the conjunction. Where “and” or “so” appears, a period belongs.

When you can't be honest

Write as if no one will read it. You can choose what to show after you finish.

When nothing comes to mind

Write down one thing that happened recently. It does not have to be a good story.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Add one line for the other side

One line against your own view makes the whole piece stronger.

Give one example

'Last Tuesday' always beats 'sometimes'.

Put your point in the first line

Say the conclusion first and the rest sorts itself out.

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