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Hands: A Creative Writing Exercise in 5 Steps

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Bring It All Together
Now use spend some time shaping your responses into a poem or short story. Or, if you prefer, use this as a jumping off point for a freewriting session. To see an example of a story written with this writing exercise, read "Shanara" by Sakhi.

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