Writing exercise: Noticing What’s Around You
A writing prompt that asks you to think and rethink your everyday surroundings.
Pick something that stands out to you—something that might go unnoticed on a day-to-day basis (something odd on your commute, for example).
- Using 800 words, write about the thing without ever saying what it is. Be as descriptive as possible.
- Then take what you wrote and cut it down to 500 words.
- Then cut again, this time to 200 words.
Share your creation with The Lab, email GlobalLab@Georgetown.edu. We’ll try to guess what you are describing!
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