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A day nothing happened — a ten-minute writing prompt

Write an ordinary day so that it's worth reading.

What a child is asked afterwards

A day nothing happened

Write about an ordinary day. Everything you did is fine.

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

Use 'because' once

Give a reason once and a claim turns into thinking.

Put in one thing that happened to you

One thing from your own life turns borrowed words into your piece.

Decide the title first

Set the title first and the piece stops wandering.

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