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Too good to throw away — a ten-minute writing prompt

Useless but unthrowable. Write the real reason you keep it.

What a child is asked afterwards

Too good to throw away

Do you have something you can't throw away? Write why.

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 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.

When you stall halfway

Explaining is what stalls you. Put down what you saw and what you heard instead.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Include one number

'Three years' always beats 'a long time'.

Open in 5 words or fewer

Lose them in line one and the rest never happens.

Vary how sentences end

The same ending three times in a row puts readers to sleep.

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