Could you write a story from your life in 91 words?
In honor of an elderly student who died just days before her 91st birthday, the online writing site Gotham Writer’s Workshop conducted a contest. The rules were to write a memoir, a story from your life, in 91 words.
Now it’s your turn: Select one story from your life, something that you did or something that happened to you, and write it using exactly 91 words.
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