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When did taste become a shield? — a ten-minute writing prompt

A moment 'that's just my taste' ended the conversation.

What a child is asked afterwards

When did taste become a shield?

Explain your favourite thing to a friend.

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 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.

When it all sounds obvious

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

Today's constraints on this prompt

Vary how sentences end

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

No 'very', 'really', 'so'

These words look like force. They take it away.

Finish in 6 sentences

Stopping early is the hardest and the most readable.

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