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Prompts:
1. From a scuba-diving pizza delivery man to a full-time Netflix viewer (yes, they really exist), write a few pages about a character with one such unconventional job.
2. Imagine a character finds an old velvet couch in the middle of the woods while on a hike one day. When they sit down on it, they find themselves suddenly transported to a different world. Where do they go? Write a few pages telling us what they do there, and maybe how they get back.
3. Write a few pages in which a character is on the receiving end of an embarrassing prank at work. How can you make readers really feel the embarrassment, as if they have experienced it themselves?
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Tips:
1. The most valuable takeaways from a story are those that stay with us for hours, days or even years after reading. Contemplating what you can recall from a story is a useful tool to better analyze which aspects of the writing are effective and make an impact.
2. Whether it’s a new word, a different perspective on a life experience, or a writing technique we haven’t used before, every story has something to teach us. It is good practice to think of yourself as a student anytime you read. Always think about what you can take away and apply back to your own writing to make it stronger.
3. You’ve probably heard of flat and round characters, but what do they actually mean? As the name suggests, flat characters are fairly simple and unchanging throughout the narrative. Round characters, on the other hand, are more complicated and experience change as part of the story.
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