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Kelli Short Borges's avatar

Meg, I tried this today. 7 minutes turned into an hour and a brand new story that I'm really excited about (featuring lots of mulch and a very "off-kilter" character ;-) The exercise really freed me to just lose myself in whatever came, not to judge, and most of all to have fun. Thank you!!

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Federico's avatar

Thanks for this, Meg. I loved how other activities suddenly start to "glow." They do, right?—and in magnificent iridescence. It feels like a rule: "Anything procrastinatable will make the rest of the world glow, including paying quarterly estimates." And the Jane Smiley quote from the end is just great. (Plus the timed inventory of first lines sounds fun!)

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