The Caffeinated Writer

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What to Write This Week (19)
What to Write This Week

What to Write This Week (19)

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Michelle Richmond
Oct 02, 2023
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Read the flash memoir Making Espresso by Alyssa Witbeck Alexander.

Write about an ordinary activity or ritual from the perspective of someone for whom the ritual or activity is somehow forbidden or subversive.

This exercise lends itself to both memoir—as in the recommended reading—and to fiction.

This is the nineteenth installment of What to Write This We…

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