2025 Writing Challenge Day 5: Writing Exercise – Exploring First-Person Plural Narration

This month, we’re featuring a handful of prompts from The 3am Epiphany by Brian Kitely, a book of over 200 writing exercises. If you like these and you can swing it, I encourage you to get a copy.

Today’s ten-minute writing exercise is a simplified version of #6, The Royal We:

Write a first-person plural narration of an event from the POV of a very close-knit couple. For example, We found the body in the outhouse …

Our themes this month are:

  • First lines and beginnings
  • The 3am Epiphany by Brian Kitely
  • Sparks from Japanese literature
  • Borrowed forms

We’ll also be writing a complete work of flash fiction together the week of Monday, January 20 – Sunday, January 26. We’ll spend just ten minutes a day writing, and exit the week with a complete work of flash fiction of ~900-1200 words. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework.

See you tomorrow for a new day of writing!

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