Challenge #9
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tenminutesadayToday, you’re going to do research, because research is a part of writing.
Select an outdoor public place you’ve never been to before, specifically a building or an area that you can approach and enter by walking. Some ideas: the Louvre, a temple in Japan, a public park in San Francisco, Soho, the front gates of Disneyland.
Go to Google Maps and find the place. For a few minutes, study the place in map view and satellite view, and street view if it’s available. Get a good sense of the layout, how far apart things are, how tall things are, where entrances and exits are (if applicable), the terrain, which way is uphill/downhill, etc. Try to picture what it would be like to visit that place.
Now, choose a character (original or DW or anything else), think of a reason that person would be in that place, then write two paragraphs (or more) of that person walking into that place. Try to focus on the actual entry (movement, sights, sounds) and the environment, and less on how they feel at the moment.
Ideas: How do they approach the place? What do they see? Is it easy to get in, do they have to buy a ticket, or are they stopped from entering? Are there other people around?
Select an outdoor public place you’ve never been to before, specifically a building or an area that you can approach and enter by walking. Some ideas: the Louvre, a temple in Japan, a public park in San Francisco, Soho, the front gates of Disneyland.
Go to Google Maps and find the place. For a few minutes, study the place in map view and satellite view, and street view if it’s available. Get a good sense of the layout, how far apart things are, how tall things are, where entrances and exits are (if applicable), the terrain, which way is uphill/downhill, etc. Try to picture what it would be like to visit that place.
Now, choose a character (original or DW or anything else), think of a reason that person would be in that place, then write two paragraphs (or more) of that person walking into that place. Try to focus on the actual entry (movement, sights, sounds) and the environment, and less on how they feel at the moment.
Ideas: How do they approach the place? What do they see? Is it easy to get in, do they have to buy a ticket, or are they stopped from entering? Are there other people around?