ext_88293 ([identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] writercises2009-04-04 03:07 pm

EXERCISE: if only I had remembered?

Original posting 16 March 2009

Writer's Digest, December 2006, page 24 suggests the following writing prompt:
I could've avoided all that trouble if only I had remembered to...
That's from The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood.

What did the protagonist (you!) forget? What should you remember to avoid trouble?

Go on -- think of five things that someone might forget. Which one causes the most trouble? And then what happens?
I could've avoided all that trouble if only I had remembered to...
Write!