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Which Philosophy Are You?

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In this exercise we will pick a philosophy or a strongly held belief. Examples of philosophies are hedonism and relativism. An example of a strongly held belief is that someone who can vote but chooses not to is a horrible person. We will then write a scene or a short story where the character embodies or lives the philosophy we have picked, without mentioning the philosohpy or directly stating what it stands for. #         The sun had been up for a few hours. It felt warm shining on his face. Still with his eyes closed, he attempted to move a finger and then his hand pulling the covers over his head.          Why get up? What’s the point? It wasn’t an ordinary day. It was a beautiful fall day outside with the leaves changing and birds singing. It was an important day. It was Election Day. – The world is gone completely mad, he thought. At this thought, his body cringed a little as if inside him a little bit of faith still existed. He opened his eyes feeling somewhat hungry
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Characterization Through A Mundane Activity

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We will be creating a character together, giving her both physical and personality traits. We will then write a scene where the character is doing something mundane, and attempt to show who they are through this activity. Physical Traits: Female; Overweight; Olive Skin; Long, beautiful, silky hair Personality Traits: Bossy; Easily irritated; Generous #        It was Celeste’s day to weed the common garden. She had tried to get out of it. She had told the others she already had an appointment with her hairdresser scheduled for the same day. But they’d held firm and told her, no Celeste, we are depending on you. The garden is depending on you. The summer had been unusually hot, there had been so little rain as well. The garden simply could not go untended, unwatered, even for a day.        So earlier than usual, she rose that morning and washed and arranged her own long silky hair. She would not let it go untended, as she would have let the garden. Surely they knew it wa
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An Archetype and a Profession

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In this exercise one person will pick an archetype and another person will pick a profession separately. When asked, they will tell us what they have picked and we will write a scene where we will attempt to do two things: Make the archetype an individual Explain why the archetype is the archetype they are. How did they become that way? Archetype: Evil Stepmother Profession: Interpreter #        I have no idea what made me take this job as interpreter. I have enough on my hands now with trying to raise his child. It was not originally part of the understanding, raising his child, I mean. We married with the idea that the girl would live with her mother. But now, here she is in my house, well our house, and I have to say I do not at all care for the arrangement. The child is constantly underfoot and I cannot get a thing done with her near. Certainly I cannot prepare for my work, for the simultaneous translation this new job requires.        People don’t realize that
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Five Minutes, Five Words

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The goal is to write for five minutes without stopping. We will use a word generator to get five most likely unrelated words, and we will insert these words into our writing at the rate of one per minute. So we start off with the word 'shake' and have to incorporate that somewhere in the beginning, then at the one minute mark we randomly generate another word and incorporate this into our writing. We will keep doing this until we have written for five minutes without stopping.  #        The first thing I feel is a shake. I have no idea where it is coming from. I am in my bed, it is early morning, and all I know is that my bed should not be shaking. I remember then this is California, my first morning here. All the day before and the day before that I was driving across plains and plateaus. Dragging company freight behind me.         This life of a trucker is a hard way to earn a living. Especially when you have only one leg and one eye. It is important I remember thi
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