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Describe each day of the week as if it were a person. Give each one personality traits, a job, and a goal. Write a short story about them.
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Describe each day of the week as if it were a person. Give each one personality traits, a job, and a goal. Write a short story about them.
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Write a scene where your character is speaking to a complete stranger. Immediately after, write a scene where your character is speaking to a loved one. Notice how their behavior changes.
Select a scene that involves 2-3 characters. Write a paragraph from the point of one character. Now write the same interaction from another character's point of view. For example: your paragraph could involve the point of view of a convenience store clerk contrasted with a customer's point of view of the same incident.
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