I'm stuck on the first sentence of my narrative writing assignment and it's been three days

[Miisionaier]

This is pathetic but it's my reality. I have a narrative writing assignment due next week—just a 3-page personal story about a memory that shaped me. I've chosen my memory (the time my grandma taught me to bake bread), I know what I want to say, but I cannot for the life of me write the first sentence.

I've written and deleted like fifty openings. 'The first time I made bread with my grandmother...' boring. 'Flour dusted the kitchen counter like snow...' too try-hard. 'I didn't know that afternoon would change everything...' so cliché. I'm paralyzed.

I've read that sharing the prompt and expectations early can help with planning , but that doesn't help me with the actual words. How do you get past the terror of the blank page?

Do you just write something terrible and fix it later, or do you wait for inspiration?

 

[Franchesca]

write something terrible and fix it later. always. inspiration is a myth invented by people who've never had deadlines. just type "i am writing this sentence to break the block and i will delete it later" and then keep going. once the page isn't blank anymore, your brain relaxes. you got this!