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Last week we talked about writing a story in the moment before a car crash: everything in the story took place during a few seconds in the brain of your main character. This week we’re going to the opposite extreme
The Prompt
Write A Story That Takes Place Over Eons
(or just a really long time)
Tips
- Obviously, since humans don’t live for eons, you’re going to have to choose something else as the thing that provides continuity in this story: it might be a location on the earth; a multi-generational spaceship crew traveling through unimaginable reaches of space; an alien; a centuries-old mollusk; a tree.
- You can write a narrative story if you like, but this might lend itself to some different forms: letters, tweets, journal entries, a string of news articles; a faux-holy book written in different styles in different eras. Have fun with this.
- Thing big thoughts. Eons give you a lot of scope to investigate big ideas.
- Don’t make the story too long. Big ideas don’t necessarily mean high word count.
- Don’t forget to include small details, mundane moments, things your readers can hang their emotions on.
Go!