NIBB.

The first money I earned — a ten-minute writing prompt

The first money you earned. Write what you did with it.

What a child is asked afterwards

The first money I earned

What do you do with your allowance? 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 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

Include one number

'Three years' always beats 'a long time'.

Open in 5 words or fewer

Lose them in line one and the rest never happens.

Vary how sentences end

The same ending three times in a row puts readers to sleep.

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