The Prompt
Who prepared most of your meals when you were a child?
What objects, smells or flavors bring back these memories?
Write a story in the form of a grocery list, and make sure to tell us the story of a character who has memories like yours…either in what you include in the list, or what you leave out.
Wondering how to make a story out of a list? Listen to me talk about that here along with an example of a list story.
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Brenda
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