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Life Change

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            As we grow, we change many things about ourselves. Some are superficial, such as trying out a new hairstyle, experimenting with makeup, buying a completely new style of clothing.

            Other changes are more serious, such as transferring from one college to another in order to switch majors, moving out of the family home, getting engaged, and finding the first full time job.

            Your task is to write a story in which your character is faced with her first major life decision, one that will lead to a huge change in their life.

            A lot depends upon the age of your protagonist. For example, a senior in high school is choosing between colleges or trade schools. During college, she might change majors once she realizes job employment possibilities are limited.

            Adults get married, separated, divorced. Switch jobs in order to climb the professional ladder.

            Some changes work out well, but many do not.

            Have fun with this one.

Career Path

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Everyone wants a job so as to be productive, contributing members of society. Beginning when quite young, kids sell cookies and lemonade to be able to pay for band or a camping trip.

Teenagers have after-school jobs; perhaps in an office, at a boutique or in a shop. They might, if their family has the right connections, intern at a hospital, in a law firm or in a mechanic’s shop learning the trade.

Some of these jobs require a uniform. Some are quite ugly, loose-fitting A-line smocks in garish colors. Others might be too tight, especially for young women with large breasts. As they prepare for work, these teens must make sure they are dressed correctly or face being docked pay, and in the worst cases, being fired.

College students sometimes are employed on campus, doing a variety of jobs such as running workshops that support a particular class, correcting papers, and helping students study for tests. Some don’t need to work, and so have the time to join fraternities and sororities.

Their experiences affect how they look at life, what they do during their free time and who their friends are. They might even cause students to change their career path.

Your task is to create a scene in which your character either has a job or is searching for a job. Write about her feelings as she fills out applications and sits through interviews. Include how her emotions fluctuate as she waits for a response, and then when she gets the job.

Have fun with this one.

Pursing One’s Dreams

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            When you ask a little kid what they want to be when they grow up, they might say fireman, policeman or teacher. Those are the most visible careers in a child’s eyes. As their world view expands, they will dream of being a professional athlete, actor, singer, musician, and in some cases, scientist.

            Many times something happens that interferes with those dreams and the child has to put them aside to work to support self and family.  The astronaut becomes a mechanic, the athlete a coach of her child’s soccer team, and the fireman becomes a sous chef.

            Society needs all those jobs, but the individual might still harbor dreams of creating a new vaccine, curing a specific type of cancer or designing a more powerful wind turbine.

            It’s important to hold onto dreams, to cherish the reasons that the job appealed to you, to still maybe want to do something in the field.

            Your task is to write a story in which pursuing a dream career plays a major role. Any genre is possible, ranging from Speculative Fiction, to memoir, to Romantic Comedy, to thriller.

            Have fun with this one.