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We follow trends and say we hate them — a ten-minute writing prompt

A moment you followed a trend and denied it.

What a child is asked afterwards

We follow trends and say we hate them

What did you do just because everyone else did?

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 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.

When nothing comes to mind

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

Today's constraints on this prompt

Add one sense

Writing through the body needs no explaining.

Land on the shortest line

A short landing is what stays.

One thing per sentence

Don't staple two ideas together with 'and'.

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