Keep the first two sentences. Change the ending.

Write two ordinary sentences, then a third that changes what we thought was happening.

Writing · 5 min

Started by Amara Okafor

The invitation

The bookshop opened at nine. Someone waited by the door. The third sentence gets to make those two look different. Write all three, or borrow someone's opening and change only the ending.

First step

Write two ordinary sentences, then a third that changes what we thought was happening.

1. Write two ordinary sentences, then a third that changes what we thought was happening.
2. Check that the twist connects to something in the opening rather than arriving from nowhere.
3. Post all three sentences; a continuation can borrow the first two and replace the last.

Shared versions

Amara Okafor

The bookshop opened at nine. I waited by the door with my library bag. Inside, the books argued over which of them would borrow me first.

Mateo Silva

Inspired by Amara Okafor

The bookshop opened at nine. I waited by the door with my library bag. In the window, a photograph showed me waiting there a hundred years ago.

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