One-Sentence Commute #7 2025

HEAT heat HEAT

For the next 5 weeks, on Wednesdays, you’ll receive a one-sentence commute prompt. For 2025, all 12 are free for everyone because it’s summer and the air smells nice when it’s warm - at least until sometime in July.

Whether you’re bussing, driving, or walking to work or school or wherever it is you go, these prompts are designed to work with your brain’s relentless desire to find answers.

Ask yourself a question, wait for your mind to answer you.

Your questions:

What does the heat really feel like? Think of the word heat in whatever way brings you to the most interesting space. Like Miami Heat or the swampy, choking heat of actual Miami. Like the way blush feels when you don’t want it to appear on your face but you can’t stop it.

Ask until you land on the most interesting answer. Memorize the best line.

When you get to a piece of paper and 5 spare minutes, write the line and a paragraph underneath it. Use it to start your next story, essay, or poem.