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What if you woke up and you were the only person left?
It’s not a dream! You are at work, wearing no pants. How did you get this way?
Every time you pass the old payphone in the lobby of the hotel you’re staying at, it rings. Finally, you answer it.
Write about a conversation that you overheard from the next bathroom stall.
You look out your window and there’s someone in your backyard, digging a hole. What do you do?
A crowd of children dressed in vintage party clothes show up at your door for “The Birthday Party.”
There is a peddler at the bus terminal every morning when you change busses. What does she sell?
Write about your earliest memory of the oldest person you had ever met.
You just moved into an old house that you swear is haunted. What’s been happening?
Find a current AP story about a topic that means something to you and re-report it. Remember: Who, What, Why, Where, When…
