The month is flying by! After this, there's only one more Sunday Writing Prompt. If you have feedback for us - on the writing prompts, on what we should do next, etc. - please let us know! We love to hear from you guys.
Today's writing prompt is this: Take one of your existing characters - preferably one that is at least somewhat developed in your mind, but that you're still getting to know - and drop them into a scene or setting in which they do not belong.
For example, you could take that dragon-slayer from your fantasy novel and drop her into the real world. Or take the contemporary teen from New York and drop him into Renaissance-era Italy. You could also drop your character into a specific scene from another story, such as the scene where Mercutio fights Tybalt in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. How does your character respond to the unfamiliar surroundings, and to the events playing out in those surroundings? How does he or she interact with the people there?
The point of this exercise is to help you get to know your character better by writing something that will never appear in your story, because it couldn't happen in the world of your story. This means you can get as carried away as you want!
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