Today show your character eating a forbidden food. Why is it not allowed? Who else knows about this? How is the character given away? Write for ten minutes and show the power of food and taboo.
Today write about light. How much light is enough? Do your characters cope with working by candle light, lantern light – or do they insist on flooding their home and workplace with brilliant artificial light at all times? Write for… Continue Reading →
Today write about companion animals. Is it customary in the world of your story for people to have pets? Do dogs/cats/otehr creatures form part of families and workplaces? Show a character and their companion animal carrying out an everyday task.
Today write about medicine. What are the cures used in your world for everyday ailments? Do people turn to herbal rememdies, scientific medicines, spells or prayer for the restoration of their health? Write for five minutes showing a character taking… Continue Reading →
Today write about the cosmos. How do characters in the world of your story view the skies, stars, moons and planets if any are visible? Show people responding to a sudden change in the skies. Write for five minutes and… Continue Reading →
Today write about hair. What does hair symbolise in the world of your story? is hair subject to fashion, law, religious rite, coming of age celebration? How are people with more or less hair treated? Is it OK to be… Continue Reading →
Today write about cleanliness. Show a character reacting to cleanliness or the lack of it in their everyday life. Write for five minutes.d
Today write about writing – the marks and symbols used in your story’s world to record or celebrate events. Does the culture write on paper, parchment, leaves, stones? Are marks painted on walls or tablets, are the marks permanents or… Continue Reading →
Today write about renewal. What rites or ceremonies mark the start of a new era for your characters? Does the world of your story look to seasons, tides, moons, or rigorous calendars for marking the start and end of its… Continue Reading →
Today write about imprisonment. Who goes to prison in your story’s world? Who escapes internment? Do prisons have lockdown, are they open prisons based on trust and good behaviour? Show a prisoner in his/her daily routine – or show what… Continue Reading →
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