The Autobiography of Anything
Everything has a story! Everything comes, in its elemental origin, from the Earth. Collect an assortment of "things:"
Piece of Paper
Shoe
Sneaker
Match
Rubber Band
Paper Clip
Woolen Socks
Imagine the life story of each of those "things." Describe their history backwards through the personal use, purchase, manufacture, to original natural resources from which it or its components were made. Personify the thing and tell its story like an autobiography.
Example:
Tell the tale of a piece of newspaper back to the tree in the forest.
Tell the tale of a plastic toy's life, tracing its history back to the oil that became plastic and then back to the prehistoric plants that created the oil.
Devising Plot Structures: Crafting New Tales With A Folktale "Feel"
Explore a potpourri of folktale elements to improvise original plotlines. Combine an assortment of elements, such as character, setting, time frame, problems, solutions, traits that aid, traits that hinder, etc. to create an original plot.
