A scene where manners cost someone something.
What manner does your family always keep?
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.
Write as if no one will read it. You can choose what to show after you finish.
Write down one thing that happened recently. It does not have to be a good story.
Explaining is what stalls you. Put down what you saw and what you heard instead.
These words look like force. They take it away.
Stopping early is the hardest and the most readable.
One word that needs a dictionary is where reading stops.