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What we know without saying — a ten-minute writing prompt

One thing you've never said out loud but both of you know.

What a child is asked afterwards

What we know without saying

Who knows you without words and why is that?

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 excuses keep creeping in

Cut every “well, but”. The sentence stands up straight without them.

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.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Add one sense

Writing through the body needs no explaining.

Land on the shortest line

A short landing is what stays.

One thing per sentence

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

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