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What appeared, what vanished — a ten-minute writing prompt

Put what vanished and what appeared side by side.

What a child is asked afterwards

What appeared, what vanished

What has appeared in your town? What has gone?

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 all sounds obvious

Delete every line anyone could have written. What is left is yours.

When you have too much to say

Pick one. A single idea taken all the way beats ten touched lightly.

When excuses keep creeping in

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

Today's constraints on this prompt

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.

Use 'because' once

Give a reason once and a claim turns into thinking.

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