Writing Prompt: A pinch of salt, a dash of . . . well, The Surprise Ingredient
A clandestine chef? A simple accident? Table-side tomfoolery? Strange times in the kitchen … (And be sure to check back Friday for a chance to win a copy of Promptly…
A clandestine chef? A simple accident? Table-side tomfoolery?
Strange times in the kitchen …
(And be sure to check back Friday for a chance to win a copy of Promptly inaugural contest winner Patricia A. Hawkenson’s new book, Magnetic Repulsion.)
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WRITING PROMPT: Secret Recipe
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.
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writersdigest@fwmedia.com, with “Promptly” in the subject line, and I’ll
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An unexpected ingredient finds its way into a main dish at your dinner party.
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.
