Here's another exercise from the Writing Fix.
"What's a daily activity you must do that's not one of your favorite activities? Be specific. Once you have it, write a piece called 'Ten things that are worse than [whatever activity you thought of].'"
Ten things that are worse than cleaning the cat box:
- Mowing the lawn on a hot, humid day.
- Sleeping on a blistering sunburn.
- Discovering the car won't start.
- Filling out tax forms.
- Trying to shake a cough after a bad head cold.
- Discovering a clogged toilet after company departs.
- Recovering after having wisdom teeth pulled out.
- Getting side-swiped on my way home from work.
- Never hearing any word, not even the briefest salutation, from my stepbrother, in spite of my own attempts to keep in touch.
- Receiving a phone call about a family emergency.
by Christy Devonport