Start a story using dialogue. Continue the story in dialogue. End the story in dialogue.

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Have you ever been so frustrated you just wanted to tell someone off?
Well, do it — but don’t hurt anyone’s feelings in that letter you will not send.

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Take two people who you know who seem to be opposites in every way. Think about them until you hit on one thing they have in common.

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Write a story in which the main character minimizes all compliments he or she receives.

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Write that letter to the editor today!

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Try this:

First sentence: one word.
Second sentence: two words.
Third sentence: three words.

And so on, until you’re fully submerged.

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What have I done to deserve this (_______)?

Define/Fill in the blank and discuss.

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Here are eight words. Use them in any declension, in a short piece or prose or verse of no more than 80 words total.

bench, formula, grace, pocket, can, tube, apple, peony

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It’s the feast Day of St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. Happy Grandmothers’ Day? Could be.

Discuss any aspect of families, feasts, or holiness that you wish.

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What exactly are the dog days of summer?

Define and then depart.

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