EXERCISE: Which would you choose?
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writercisesOriginal Posting Aug. 1, 2017
Recently on Facebook, someone asked which would you choose?
1. You get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night.
2. Your house cleans itself.
3. Your kids eat everything you serve them without complaining.
4. Someone runs all of your errands.
When I saw it, everyone seemed to be saying they wanted 2, a house that cleans itself. But I have to admit, I looked at the list and thought...
What could go wrong? How could I turn each of these into at least a short story of some kind? While I'm sleeping without interruptions, what happens? When the house cleans itself, who disappears (no, no, don't kill the pets. But how about that uncle that nobody likes?)? Chomp, chomp, wait, stop eating. No, really, quit eating. Or, of course, there's the errand runner who doesn't quite do them the way you expect?
Anyway, pick a wonderful thing. Then think about what might go wrong. And...
Write!
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Recently on Facebook, someone asked which would you choose?
1. You get 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night.
2. Your house cleans itself.
3. Your kids eat everything you serve them without complaining.
4. Someone runs all of your errands.
When I saw it, everyone seemed to be saying they wanted 2, a house that cleans itself. But I have to admit, I looked at the list and thought...
What could go wrong? How could I turn each of these into at least a short story of some kind? While I'm sleeping without interruptions, what happens? When the house cleans itself, who disappears (no, no, don't kill the pets. But how about that uncle that nobody likes?)? Chomp, chomp, wait, stop eating. No, really, quit eating. Or, of course, there's the errand runner who doesn't quite do them the way you expect?
Anyway, pick a wonderful thing. Then think about what might go wrong. And...
Write!
tink