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Waiting — a ten-minute writing prompt

Pick one time you were waiting. Write what happened inside that waiting.

What a child is asked afterwards

Waiting

What do you do while waiting? Write about a day you waited.

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 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.

When it reads flat

Find the sentence you are least sure about. What you actually meant is usually hiding there.

Today's constraints on this prompt

Always say who did it

Not 'it was decided' but 'I decided'. Leave out the doer and the writing hides.

Add one sense

Writing through the body needs no explaining.

Land on the shortest line

A short landing is what stays.

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