Weekly Writing Prompt
Imagine your character has gone his/her/it's entire life in a city or other such settlement, where the expansive aspects of nature (such as a forest, an actual open field, or long beach front removed from the world) hasn't touched their lives. Take them from their familiar settlement and bring them out into the forest. How does your character react? Is there a feeling of relief, anxiety, or perhaps repulsion? Do they regain the sense of wonder that they once had as children? Do you they become annoyed with the lack of amenities and the bugs?
What you do with your character is up to you, the exercise is meant to explore something that is truly unknown to your character but familiar to you. Take a second look at the familiar and see something you didn't before.
Query to My Readers
The idea of starting a continuous series of flash fiction peices is not a new one, in fact one that my close friend, Kit over at Goggles and Lace, specifically referring to her Letters from Blackford Hill series. After tossing around the idea with her, to make sure I wasn't stepping on her toes, I began thinking that part of my activity for Camp NaNo will be doing some vignettes from my current project which I'm temporarily reffering to as the Nightmare Realm. Would you be interested in seeing those character vignettes? If not, what do you want to see?
So post your comments below!
Namaste,
Jessi
3 comments:
Mine isn't the first blog to ever feature a fiction series. =P I'm curious about the vignettes, so get to posting.
No you're not, but i still like checking. You know me. :-p
The Peanut Gallery agrees with above sentiment. It's enjoyable to read stories about all sort of different people in the same world/setting. You get to visit with new characters, and learn more about the place. I'm a nerd for a cool setting. So, yeah. That's my vote.
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