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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.