Wallace Stegner, writer, professor, and environmentalist, felt writers need to try on others' skins. He encouraged writing about a variety of characters with some feeling of identity.
Just for today become a star of your choice. Try on a wild animal trainer.
How about living a day as the animal itself?
Imagine yourself as your best friend, parent, or child.
Develop traits of someone you would never want to become.
For the characters selected, make a detailed list of clothing, personality traits, and reactions.
Then develop a situation. See where writing leads in your choice of characters.
Does a story or poem result?
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