One writing prompt that caught my eye today is to write the piece from a different perspective. A few of my favorite writers do this - the first that comes to mind if George RR Martin. He is able to sustain the story thread through countless POVs. However, his last book I found exceptionally annoying in its constant POV switching. So less is more for this girl.
There are a couple places where this would seem to immediately apply.
The book. Yeah I lost half of it. But maybe this is my chance to make it stronger. It exists in three parts in my head. Each part could easily have a different POV. That might make it more approachable. Or get me back to a place of excitement about it again. Funny how the steam goes out of a project when your computer eats it. LOL. Baaaaad computer.
And there is a piece I am wrestling with about my mom and her impending memory loss. I'm not sure if I'm too close to it or it's too present or what, but I have been unable to write the piece that is perking up in my head. Maybe POV change would help. Maybe not.
Anyway - I'm off to experiment with this. Shhhhhhh.......I AM at work. Reason #5988 why science careers RAWK!
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