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Out the window — a ten-minute writing prompt

Write what's out your window, in the order you notice it.

What a child is asked afterwards

Out the window

What can you see out your window? 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 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.

When the first line won't come

Skip it and start at the second. The opening writes itself once the rest exists.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Every sentence under 12 words

One long sentence can sink the whole piece.

No 'and' or 'so'

If it still flows without them, the flow was already there.

No 'thing'

'Thing' hides the real word. Name it.

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