ext_88293 ([identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] writercises2009-04-07 01:22 pm

EXERCISE: what happened?

Original posting  23 March 2009

What did you do?

Writer's Digest, March/April 2009, page 59, contest number 17 has the writing prompt:
A 20-something man sits in a taxi in front of his parents' house, trying to find the strength to tell them that he (fill in the blank).
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What would a twentysomething man be afraid to tell his parents?

Feel free to switch the genders here -- that could be a woman sitting in front of her parents' house, too.

Just go ahead and write.