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What 'generation gap' covers up — a ten-minute writing prompt

Find the real reason behind a conflict blamed on age.

What a child is asked afterwards

What 'generation gap' covers up

A time you and your parents thought differently.

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

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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