Double Flee A

NPR is having an essay-submission thing. It's called NPR : This I Believe, and it has rules.
1. Please limit your essay to less than 500 words.
2. Describe an event that shaped your beliefs or a person who inspired them.
3. Avoid sermons and editorials -- no soapbox declamations, please!
4. Read more of our essay-writing tips.

The tips are stuff like "make it conversational since it's for radio", and "use affirmatives instead of negatives".
I am intrigued, and I wondered what I would write if I only had 500 words to do it in.

If any of you has done this, drop me an email.

posted by dale @ 7:05 AM