Creativity Muscle Workouts: The Journal Entry
Jun 26, 2022
JOURNALS are a place where people...
- Process what is going on in their lives
- Reveal their inner most secrets and emotions
- Record difficult, amazing, fun, sad etc. things that have happened
- Explore a situation for the lies, the truth, the motives etc.
This means that one great creative muscle exercise is journal entries for our characters.
Creativity Muscle Exercise #3
A simple journal entry for a character you KNOW and LOVE from a book, film, or episodic that already is in motion. i.e. Cinderella, Jack Reacher, Sydney Bristow, Luke Skywalker, or the Rat from Ratatouille.
You pick a favorite...
Write a journal entry from this character's perspective on their birthday. The day could've gone well or badly... or just simple reflection. Whatever you think this character might record on the pages of their journal on their birthday.
DEBRIEF:
- Was choosing a character difficult? Why do you think that is?
- This exercise taps into the concept of VOICE... was it difficult or easy to write in the voice of your character? What do you think made it difficult or easy?
- How might their birthday journal entry sound different than your birthday journal entry? Why?