Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series!
Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft.
Today’s Exercise is
Object Biography
- Objective: To find the extraordinary in the ordinary and practice telling a story from an unconventional perspective.
- How to Play:
- Everyone chooses a mundane object they have with them (a set of keys, a faded receipt, a coffee mug, a smartphone).
- They have 15 minutes to write a brief “biography” of that object from the object’s first-person point of view. What has it seen? What is its purpose? What are its “memories” of its owner? What does it hope for or fear?
Best for: Creative non-fiction, developing empathy, personification, and finding unique narrative angles.
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