Editing: Telling vs. Asking (Challenge)

✍️ Today's hook

Is this telling or asking.

🔥 Warm-up scribble

Take a 4-word sentence and add an adjective.

🪶 Mentor sentence

🧱 "It was raining." → "Rain hammered the windows like an angry visitor."

What to do

Is this telling or asking? Do you like ice cream? Can you find three more examples in a book or article?

Is this telling or asking? Do you like ice cream? Can you find three more examples in a book or article?

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⚡ The twist: If you can cut a word and not lose meaning — cut it.

🌍 Why this matters: Every text, every email, every note — it's all sentences. Better sentences = clearer life.

🏆 Try this week: Find a sentence in a book that you wish you'd written. Copy it down.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “Read me your best sentence. Why is it good?”

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