Take Five
Writers don’t wait for big events to happen to start writing. They take the everyday occurrences and make them into fiction. For example, instead of writing about an ordinary meeting between two friends, you might turn this into a story about two enemies having an argument. Instead of losing homework, your story might turn into finding a fifty-dollar bill. The fun part about turning your life into fiction is that you can make whatever you want happen.
Take five minutes and try writing a short short story about something that you did today. Look around you, take in your surroundings, but instead of writing about what’s there, write the opposite of what you saw, heard, felt, or thought. To get started, take some notes. List about 5 observations you noticed. Then flip them into their opposites. After you’ve done that, write your five-minute story. Of course, your five-minute story doesn’t have to take place in a hallway. You can place it anywhere you’ve been today. Here are some examples:
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A perfect bus trip becomes a bus crash
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A rainy day becomes a picnic at the park between two people in love
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A glass of milk becomes black coffee without sugar
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Dry toast becomes angel’s food cake
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A ticking clock becomes a fire alarm
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A locked locker becomes a cage in a zoo
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A peanut butter and jelly sandwich becomes a lobster dinner
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3-feet of snow becomes an erupting volcano
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A football game becomes a ballet
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A long math class becomes a rock concert
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A chalkboard becomes a neon sign
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A textbook becomes a small talking dog
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A boy looking out the window becomes the most attentive student in the class
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A girl falling out of her chair becomes a gymnast
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A teacher who everyone thinks is mean adopts a homeless golden retriever puppy
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The shortest boy in the class becomes the leading scorer for the basketball team
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The shyest girl in the class becomes the lead in the school musical
The drab school building becomes a rocket ship
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The track becomes a car raceway
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The cafeteria becomes a casino
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The schoolyard becomes an airport terminal
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A set of keys becomes my extended family
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