Here's a quick non-fiction exercise. Op-ed pieces are short essays about a current topic of interest, and the author puts their own personal opinion on the subject up front and obvious. When you're out with friends, and a subject comes up for conversation, aren't there always one or two people who feel the most strongly about it? They tend to talk the most, the loudest, and their sentences start having more punch. Everyone trying to sum it up and make it so impossible not to agree with them as quickly as possible.
I'm sure there's something you believe in passionately. Maybe with humor, or perhaps with cursing or anger, write up as succinctly as you possibly can your feelings on a touchy subject that you feel passionately about.
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