Today we did something a little different for club, rather than just give you a prompt and hope that you do it, we did a prompt together as a class. Together we built a character, using a combination of personality flaws, skills, fears, setting, motivations, relationships, and dreams. We created Harrod, a 47 year old docksman of the 1800s with ironic taste in everything, especially lovers.
There wasn't much to take away from this lesson in terms of notes, but it was a helpful exercise. As writers, we must never underestimate group thinking as unoriginal, because in fact it can be very inspiring.
This week's writing prompt is: Write a story for today's character or create a character of your own.
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