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Monday Momentum - Prompt 6

4/20/2015

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You know the more you write, the better writer you'll be. So, here's another writing prompt for you. 

Connect with us via social media throughout the week and let us know how the writing is going. Use #mmGenerations. 

Here goes another one...
This prompt comes from Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft by Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French (pg. 257).

Set a timer for 15 minutes and write...
Imagine an accident. It might be minor--a finger cut while slicing vegetables, a knocked-over vase--or it might be major--a car wreck, a gallery of paintings destroyed by a fire sprinkler.

Now, write several versions of the accident: a one-sentence summary, a one-paragraph summary, a full scene, and finally, a slo-o-o-o-wed down version of the scene. It may help to think of filmmaking. Begin with a panoramic establishing shot and let the camera keep zooming in, closer and closer, to an extreme close-up.
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