{"id":1819,"date":"2014-08-11T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2014-08-10T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T21:49:31","slug":"a-man-opens-his-mail-box-and-finds-prompt-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/a-man-opens-his-mail-box-and-finds-prompt-96\/","title":{"rendered":"A man opens his mail box and finds. . . Prompt #96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/check-mark.1.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today&#8217;s writing prompt is inspired from the September 2014 issue of Writer&#8217;s Digest magazine.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A man opens his mailbox to find an envelope containing a set of instructions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Set your time and write for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Set it aside for twenty minutes. Then read. Tweak, make a few changes, but not too many. The energy from that first and fast writing is usually spot-on.<\/p>\n<p>Write a short story of 750 words or fewer based on this prompt and enter Writer&#8217;s Digest Contest #60.<\/p>\n<p>Send your story using the online form at writersdigest.com\/your-story-competition or send via email to yourstorycontest@fmedia.com (entries must be pasted directly into the body of the email; attachments will not be opened).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DEADLINE: August 25, 2014<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1824\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1453-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1453\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1453-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_1453-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s writing prompt is inspired from the September 2014 issue of Writer&#8217;s Digest magazine. &#8220;A man opens his mailbox to find an envelope containing a set of instructions.&#8221; Set your time and write for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Set it aside for twenty minutes. Then read. Tweak, make a few changes, but not too many. 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