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
words or fewer, funny, sad or stirring) in the Comments section below.
By posting, you’ll be automatically entered in our occasional
around-the-office swag drawings. If you’re having trouble with the
captcha code sticking, e-mail your story to me at
writersdigest@fwmedia.com, with “Promptly” in the subject line, and I’ll
make sure it gets up.

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.