King Tut and the Internet
It’s hard to believe that two days ago was the one year birthday for my first “Exercises” post on WriterInside.com. With that in mind, let’s do a little time traveling for today’s exercise!
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Find or imagine an object or idea that is peculiar to our time, and then write a couple paragraphs describing this object to someone from a different time and place. Be specific about who you’re describing it to, because this can change the way you describe it. For example, try describing an ATM machine to a medieval peasant or explaining a weblog (or the Internet in general, for that matter) to an Egyptian Pharoah. Be sure to describe it in terms that they would understand.