{"id":12147,"date":"2022-10-21T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12147"},"modified":"2022-10-21T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T21:51:06","slug":"connecting-the-dots-prompt-689","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/connecting-the-dots-prompt-689\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting The Dots . . . Prompt #689"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In works of fiction, we think of “characters.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When writing memoir, we think \u201creal people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s experiment with writing about real people as if they were characters in fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of someone you know that you would like to spend some time writing about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also do this for your fiction characters, if you are working on a fiction project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a three-column list.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 1 What I know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 2 How I know it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 3 How to show it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 1<\/strong> Write one or two-word descriptions about someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 2<\/strong> How you know these characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if the person is described as cheap, you might write, \u201ccontributes only $20, no matter his actual share, at a group dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Column 3<\/strong> Jot down short notes on how you might show these characteristics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of the cheap friend, \u201cbrings his teabag to use at restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connecting The Dots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is this character, or how are these details, connected to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These connections are what make life meaningful and make your stories interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These stories can also be about never connecting or missed connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea excerpted from\u00a0 The Writer magazine, June 2005,\u00a0 \u201cFrank Talk About Writing Your Memoir,\u201d by Sol Stein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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