This writing exercise is inspired by The Quest archetype. It focuses on one key moment or decision within the larger quest. Imagine this would be the last and biggest challenge the hero has to overcome. If they fail, all will be lost forever…
Portray the daily life of an elderly couple who has shared 45 years of marriage. Explore three distinct segments of their day where they find themselves in each other’s company, yet do not communicate verbally.
Go back to when your character was much younger. Preferably when they were a child, a teenager or in their early twenties taking the first steps in life as an adult.
Write a shopping list for your character. What kind of things would they shop for on a weekly basis?
Your character made it to the front page of the local newspaper!
The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlour game popularized by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature.
