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Day 28: Come With Me | 28 x 20

Of time, pleasure, and precaution

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Blaise Allysen Kearsley
Feb 28, 2026
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HELLO, WRITING COMMUNITY. Holy crap, it’s the end of February. But we’re not done yet.

Today, we’ve got Samantha Irby, Ross Gay, Didion again, and more. This is a prompt that might inspire you to push back the timer and sit with the writing a little longer. Go for 20 minutes first, then check in, see where you’re at. If you only (“only”) write down one sentence, that’s more than the blank page you started with.

There will be a big wrap-up post tomorrow.

Let’s do it.

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