Dream story

A dream usually lives in your head as a single picture with no details. The moment you have to write the details, it shows what you actually want.

Take your dream and move yourself five years forward — to a day when it has come true and become ordinary. Write in the past tense, like a memory: what the morning of that day was like, where you woke up, who was there, what it smelled of. Do not write about the road or the obstacles — only about what life looks like afterwards. Include three details you could not invent out of nothing: a brand, a street, someone's voice, a specific dish. Get to a page and a half and stop, even if you want to keep going. A day later, reread it and underline what you could already do this month.

Which detail in your story surprised you most, and why that one?