Unimportant Perspective Exercise
This is one that you can do on your own. You’re welcome to post it here, but make sure to tell us where it comes from in your story!
It’s simple! Here are the rules.
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Think of a scene in your story that has a character who never turns up again. This person could be a police officer, a barista at a cafe or that sales assistant in the makeover scene of your story.
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Write the scene from the unimportant character’s point of view. Make sure to write it as if they were the main character of their own story! Give them motivations, thoughts, feelings and opinions about the things going on around them.
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Let us see how the character reacts to your MC and the other important characters in your story. This will help you to see how other people see your MC. It might even give you the chance to think about how likeable they are to the reader!
As usual, good luck! And don’t be afraid to use this as many times as you’d like! It will never get old as long as your scenes don’t!