1-MINUTE PROMPT:
A single woman enters her home and notices right away that her housekeeper never cleaned as promised. What did the woman see that tipped her off to this?
5-MINUTE PROMPT:
You’re a housekeeper for a busy exec. An odd noise interrupts your usual cleaning routine. You put down your vacuum to go investigate. What you find shocks you. Write a “Dear Diary” entry about your discovery.
10-MINUTE PROMPT:
A tired restaurant manager arrives home after work and is surprised to see his housekeeper’s car in the driveway. Inside, he finds the house only partially cleaned and discovers a series of clues that lead him to believe that the housekeeper has succumbed to foul play. Write about these clues as he pieces them together.
20-MINUTE PROMPT:
On the day she’s laid off from her job, a professor arrives home to find a ransom note left by kidnappers who claim to have taken her beloved housekeeper. The ransom note reads like a long, strange poem. It’s written in rhyme and contains a riddle. What does it say?