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Prompts:
1. Write a few pages in which an aspect of a character’s life correlates with increasing warm weather. For example, as temperatures rise, so does the number in the character’s bank account. How hot will it get?
2. Our earth is full of mysteries, with many areas, including the vast majority of our oceans and deep parts of our rainforests, largely unexplored. Write a few pages in which someone goes where no one has gone before, right here on our home planet.
3. 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.
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Tips:
1. Whether an outright romance novel or a story in which a character reminisces on a romantic memory for a moment, loving relationships can play a varying role in many stories. When you read such a story, ask yourself: Does it show the reader a character in a different light? Does it expose a character’s driving force? Or, is it part of a conflict that drives the plot forward entirely?
2. Reading and talking with others about what we’ve read brings us together. Think about the point of view the writer chooses to utilize in a story. Is it first-person, second-person, third-person, or a mixture? Would you say the POV chosen is the ideal one to tell the story? How would the story change if it was written from a different POV?
3. All writers draw from the same well of arts that are created by others. When you read, you probably notice that some stories and characters remind you of others that you have read about. Perhaps they are even an outright reimagining of them. Pointing out those connections can help us understand a story on a deeper level.
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