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What waits for me — a ten-minute writing prompt

One thing that's still there when you get home. What do you do in front of it?

What a child is asked afterwards

What waits for me

What is waiting for you at home? Write about it.

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 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.

When it reads flat

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

Today's constraints on this prompt

Don't name the feeling

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

Write what could be seen

Write the visible, not the felt, and the reader stands there with you.

Start with a question

Open with a question and the reader keeps going to find the answer.

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