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 #90, Funhouse Mirror:

Write a deliberately distorted tall tale about yourself, with an aspect of yourself magnified or diminished. It’s important that you use your own name.

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 prior prep required, and as always, zero homework.

See you tomorrow for a new day of writing!