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Why do hard workers always look busy? — a ten-minute writing prompt

Write about someone you watched to show where busy and good split apart.

What a child is asked afterwards

Why do hard workers always look busy?

Who looks busiest to you? What are they doing?

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 can't be honest

Write as if no one will read it. You can choose what to show after you finish.

When nothing comes to mind

Write down one thing that happened recently. It does not have to be a good story.

When you stall halfway

Explaining is what stalls you. Put down what you saw and what you heard instead.

Today's constraints on this prompt

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'.

Put your point in the first line

Say the conclusion first and the rest sorts itself out.

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