Free-write: Chairman Fred Hampton

"Because with some things, you have to learn by seeing it or either participating in it…Because you can have as many degrees as a thermometer. If you don't have any practice, then you can't walk across the street and chew gum at the same time." 

-Chairman Fred Hampton

INSTRUCTIONS: 

What does this make you think of?  Reflect on it in a five-minute free-write.  Remember you cannot stop writing during the five minutes.  Even if you can't think of anything to write, write "I can't think of anything to write."  

Free-write: Hanif Adburraqib

"The truth is, if we don't write our own stories, there is someone else waiting to do it for us. And those people, waiting with their pens, often don't look like we do and don't have our best interests in mind."

-Hanif Adburraqib

INSTRUCTIONS: 

What does this make you think of?  Reflect on it in a five-minute free-write.  Remember you cannot stop writing during the five minutes.  Even if you can't think of anything to write, write "I can't think of anything to write."  

Free-write: Ralph Ellison

"I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest." -Ralph Ellison

INSTRUCTIONS: 

What does this make you think of?  Reflect on it in a five-minute free-write.  Remember you cannot stop writing during the five minutes.  Even if you can't think of anything to write, write "I can't think of anything to write."