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My own rule — a ten-minute writing prompt

One rule nobody gave you that you follow anyway.

What a child is asked afterwards

My own rule

Do you have a rule only you follow? Write 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 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

Start with a question

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

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'.

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