"Write for the twelve-year-old who is looking at a mirror and at a window." —Edwidge Danticat

Remember yourself as a twelve-year-old. Describe yourself--how do you look in the mirror? Now look out the window. What do you see? Who do you long to see? Repeat this exercise for when you were 21, if you wish.

-Note: Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American author of over 10 novels and short stories. Her first novel "Breath, Eyes, Memory" was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection.