Tale of Many Journeys
This is a writing exercise about taking a character on a journey. You will be making notes that would be useful in your creative writing process.
Here are some types of journeys you could write about:
Moving country/city/house. Getting a new job. New relationships. Starting a family.
Write notes on the following questions (you can add more notes on anything else you want to add about your character).
Exercise 1 : Creating a character
- What is your characters name and age?
- Country of origin?
- What do they like to do?
- What don't they like to do?
- What kind of journey would they like to go on?
- What else do you want to write about your character?
Exercise 2: Starting their journey
Your character is starting their journey
- Where is your character?
- What objects would your character take on their journey?
- Where are they going and why?
- What stands in their way?
- Who are they leaving behind?
- How do they feel?
Exercise 3: Traveling
Your character is on their journey
- What form of transport are they using and why?
- What can they see/smell/hear?
- Who are they with?
- How do they feel?
- What does your character know about the place they are going to?
- What don't they know?
Exercise 4: Arriving
Your character has arrived at their destination
- Where did they arrive?
- What can they see/hear/smell?
- How does your character feel about reaching their destination?
- Has your character got what they want?
- What have they learned about their journey?
- What are they going to do now?
You now have a story structure, you can use all the information you wrote to make a poem, short story, script (theatre/film), song, rap.
You have the creative freedom to write anything you like!
