Writing prompts

Write a scene in which a lost umbrella finds its way home.

Choose an unexpected person to carry it. Let one detail reveal its owner.

Choose an unexpected person to carry it. Let one detail reveal its owner.

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WORKED EXAMPLE

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The umbrella arrived at Mara's door in the hands of a bus driver she had never met. A strip of yellow thread around the handle told her it was the one her father had repaired.

Make it yours: Let the identifying detail carry an emotion, then decide why the carrier brought it back.