Have your main character write a letter to his/her parents where they reveal a hurt that was inflicted long ago and still remains a scar. The parents could have inflicted the hurt, or they could have stood by and not done anything about it. Your choice. The point of the exercise is to use words that convey a strong emotion - reading it afterwards, can you feel the pain of your protagonist? If not, go back over it and change a few words and see if you can emotionally charge the letter.

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