Include Your Expertise
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Include Your Expertise

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✍🏼 Your Challenge, Should You Choose to Accept it ...

If you have a specific skill, say glass blowing or knot tying or the ability to bake a batch of perfect chocolate chip cookies, consider giving that skill to a character in your story and adding some how-to details in your scene.

Try creating a scene that includes your expertise, either in your current work-in-progress, or in an experimental scene just to try the challenge out and see where it takes you.

HOW DOES THIS CHALLENGE HAVE TO DO WITH VOICE?

When you add YOU to your story, even in the small details, your voice begins to emerge. You have a unique mixture of skills, interests, and experiences that bring to your writing. That means, when you write a story, and you weave in those specific-to-you details, your story, even if you're adapting a universal plot like Cinderella, becomes your own.