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write a story about love lost, with a doctor as the main character and a shoe as the key object. set your story in a park.

begin your story with this line: Only the boy could give them what they wanted.

put a new spin on this cliche: to buy it for the price of a skinny chicken

craft a story around this metaphor: an envelope of distaste

in 200 words, describe “a black book found wedged between the coffee table and wall”.

A vignette is a small literary sketch that may or may not provide a starting point for a longer work. Vignettes provide snapshots of characters and circumstances that people can identify with. Unlike flash fiction, vignettes don’t aim to tell a story. It is simply a description of something or someone. Vignettes can take on many forms: poem, monologue, description, dialogue. Writing a vignette is similar to freewriting. Choose a topic or a prompt then write for 5 to 10 minutes about it.

Here are 5 “slice of life” prompts to jump start your vignettes:

1. finding a $10 bill in the gutter
2. piece of paper flutters down from between two pages in a book
3. sirens screaming past the open window
4. anxiously waiting for the phone to ring
5. glancing at an expired license

first line: “The door slammed with finality.”

what would you cook for an enemy? describe the appetizer, main course, and dessert.

use this plot to craft a short story: “couple takes a trip to the Bahamas and leaves their children with their uncle”.