For those of you already bored with the blizzard and spending so much time in your room, here is a writing prompt to chew on for the next couple of days. I would suggest writing this prompt like an F.E. What is an F.E you might ask? It is a finger exercise. The goal is to write for 15 minutes to a prompt without letting your pen stop, keep your fingers moving and the words flowing. If you get stuck, write the last line over and over again, but never ever stop writing. So here is the first F.E of the new year!
Write a sketch of a scene in which a character has an experience that causes them to recall a startlingly similar past experience. Juxtapose the two scenes, the present one and the past one, on top of each other, writing for instance, two or three sentences of the present moment, then alternating back and forth between present and past. Show the reader the remembered scene by use of Italics. Why would a character be haunted like this? Think of a convincing reason for the Deja Vu experience. Or don't worry too much about a convincing reason--just let some strange set of events impinge on the present moment of your character. Be playful with the relationship.
There is something about being trapped in one place due to outside forces that forces one to consider past experiences. Utilize this snow and the quiet to think about this relationship!
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