Pictures & Prompts 232

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

Your character discovers a portal to another dimension where life is precisely the same as it is in her ordinary world except for …

MEMOIR

Author Gretchen Rubin claims that “the days are long, but the years are short.” In what way is this statement true for you?

NONFICTION

 Write about a complex process or theory so that someone who is unfamiliar with the subject can understand it.

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Pictures & Prompts 231

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

Your character wakes up on the first morning of daylight savings time and finds that time has sprung forward by a whole year. What did she miss? In your fictional world, is it possible for her to get that time back?

MEMOIR

If you could relive (or redo) a particular time or event in your life, what would it be and why?

NONFICTION

Write about your best techniques for using time wisely.

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