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Writing prompt No. 38

A weekly writing exercise to get you started

By Heather Wright
Published: March 16, 2012
Freewrite around one of the following:
My life as an aunt/uncle
The worst mess I ever had to clean up
Why I love …
If you want to annoy me, just …

 

Heather Wright's work has been published in local and national publications and on the Web. Her column “Write Angles,” published in What If? Canada’s Creative Magazine for Teens, became the basis of her book,Writing Fiction: A Hands-On Guide for Teens.


 

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JANE P MORGAN from PENNSYLVANIA said:
If you want to annoy me, just misuse the English language, leave out past participles and substitute past tenses, as in "I woulda went," say "she graduated college," "I could care less," or repeat "like," in each sentence of a conversation, like, he was like, and I'm like....This is especially annoying when one is sitting in front of the conversationalist for seven hours on an airplane. Speak in a monotone, blurry voice as you repeat cliches.
LYNN OLDENBURG from WISCONSIN said:
If you want to annoy me, just give my ADHD kid a can of mountain dew then leave. I promise I will hunt you down and lock you in the same room with him.
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