Creativity Muscle Workouts: Power of Perspective
PERSPECTIVE.... this is one of my FAVORITE things.
Have you heard that quote, "Walk a day in her shoes..." well, this is all about perspective. It's easy to judge, misinterpret, marginalize, criticize and condescend when we don't understand. And most of what we don't understand is attributed to being shackled to a single perspective.
Taking the time to intentionally walk in another's perspective is powerful and absolutely necessary if you want to be a good writer.
WHY? you might ask....
2 Reasons...
1. Every character has his/her own motives, which you must understand AND
2. Every character is NOT YOU. Meaning they respond to even the same motive differently depending on their own experiences.
Thus you have to be willing and capable of walking in another's perspective to write characters and stories that impact.
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