Pictures & Prompts 217

To whet your appetite and keep your writing fingers limber, take a good look at the photo, or let a prompt settle in your mind. Set a timer for a reasonable amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. Then start writing.

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FICTION

You are drafting the text for a postcard to send to a friend who couldn’t join you on your visit to the pictured city. Explain how things haven't gone according to plan.

MEMOIR

Write about the most exotic place you’ve ever visited. Do you want to return there? Would you be willing to live there for six or twelve months? If you haven’t traveled much, think of the place you most want to visit. What specifically attracts you to it?

NONFICTION

Write about the top five restaurants you’ve visited that are not in your hometown.

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Pictures & Prompts 216

To whet your appetite and keep your writing fingers limber, take a good look at the photo, or let a prompt settle in your mind. Set a timer for a reasonable amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. Then start writing.

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FICTION

You are a superhero who patrols the city by night. Draft an autoresponder sequence for people who want to join your email list.

MEMOIR

When you were young, were you afraid of the dark? If so, what did you think was out there lurking? If not, to what do you attribute your lack of fear?

NONFICTION

Write about something that people usually do not fear but should. Or, write about something that people do fear but shouldn’t.

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