Here’s a prompt to get your writing fingers loosened up so you’re ready for the challenge.

It’s a simple one. Finish this sentence: I knew I was in trouble when…

You might want to do a bit of brainstorming before you settle on the story you want to write. Make a list of moments when you knew you were in trouble. This could be an experience you had in childhood or one from last week. It could be a moment where the resulting trouble had serious consequences or few consequences at all. Maybe, you ended up in trouble while traveling near and far.

Try to allow us to see this trouble unfold on the page. Make it play out like a little movie in the reader’s mind. Good luck.