Writing prompts to not use

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to arouse encroach dissect

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a vivid trivium

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a pedant impresses on students

could echo a century

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maxims expounded at the podium of a stone colosseum

the barracks burden comfy verities

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Describe your attitude if you were still working after thirty years at the first job you ever took.

Explain to a four-year-old why their parents are getting a divorce.

Imagine that a different person was born in your place. How would they handle your bad situation?

Write a letter demanding that your instructor be banned.

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who have potential

but it lies not in their arms

or ours

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windpipe indeterminates

spotlit improvs

the most favored unconscious

gold retrieved

ingenuousness rejuvenated

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Imagine what life is like now for the popular girls in your high school.

Pretend you’re holding a press conference to explain why you’ve been sued for creating a hostile work environment.

Craft a notification to health care plan members describing a change in its notification policy.

Critique a popular creative writing instructional practice in the style of an artificial intelligence chatbot. Cite your sources.

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persist

Andy Oram
June 11, 2026