Sitting in the the exam hall after nervously waiting in the corridor with other students, I turn over the paper and experience a sinking feeling. “You can start writing” says the examiner.
I look for questions which I could answer, but each one is hard. I pick one that seems possible: “Write a story about a sinking feeling,” it says.
I think about what I could write and realise that I could describe how I was sitting in the exam hall after nervously waiting in the corridor with other students and having turned over the paper experienced a sinking feeling. “You can start writing,” says the examiner.
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