Hi writers! Today’s prompt builds on the fairy tale theme we started yesterday. Instead of a life-changing event happening in the middle of the story, as in “The Ugly Duckling,” we’re going to start off with a life-changing event right at the start. In “Hansel and Gretel,” the story opens with two children about to be abandoned by their famine-struck parents, a poor woodcutter and his wife.
Day 13 Prompt: “Start with a life-changing moment and lead your characters through the story to show us who they become.”
Does your main character lose something? A loved one? A job? A home? Does he learn something that changes the way he looks at the world? If you’re stumped, take a minute to make a “Best and Worst” list. Write down the top 5 best things that could happen to you in your life. And then the 5 worst things. Pick one and let it happen to your character.