Today’s prompt focuses on point of view. We’ll start with reading this short excerpt from a 2008 article:
…What matters when it comes to POV isn’t what pronouns are being used, but what emotional posture the author has taken toward his characters, and what sort of narrative latitude the author desires.
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The trick to finding the right POV is striking this balance between intimacy and perspective. You want readers to care about your characters and understand how they experience the world. At the same time, authors have to present their own insights, either through direct exposition, ironic revelation or by shaping the story in such a way that the protagonist is forced to confront the truth as the world imposes it.
–Steve Almond, “Fiction: Point of View” from Writer’s Digest
Now, look at the picture below. See a POV you can write from? Try writing a short scene or short story. Hope to read the results! =)
Bah no time to sit down and write, but when I was younger that was one of my favorite prompts from teachers. One time a teacher showed us an entire collection of illustrations with one line captions, and for each we had to write a story. Probably still my best stuff to this day, even though I was 10 ish haha! Looking forward to more updates soon!