What to Write This Week (19)

forbidden rituals

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 Week. You will find the complete series archives here.