After you have written this coma story, write into a comma by doing one or more of the following: Insert a comma before the first word of the story and write whatever comes to you into that comma. Insert a comma anywhere in the story where you know or sense there’s more to tell — including the censored or dismissed — and write into that comma. Delete the period at the end of the story and replace it with a comma and write into that open space. It may be productive to set a timer and allow yourself to do a free-writing exercise for five minutes without pausing or judging it.
