Start your writing week off right by asking: What happens when you accidentally open your neighbor’s mail?
WRITING PROMPT: Unpacking the Package Feel free to take the following prompt home or post your response (500 words or fewer, funny, sad or stirring) in the Comments section below….
WRITING PROMPT: Unpacking the Package
Feel free to
take the following prompt home or post your response (500
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A package arrives at your home, and you open it.
Baffled at its contents, you turn it over and look at the label—it's for your neighbor.
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Zachary Petit is a freelance journalist and editor, and a lifelong literary and design nerd. He's also a former senior managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine. Follow him on Twitter @ZacharyPetit.
