Hello! I wanted to know if you knew any good warm ups/exercises to sort of get into a characters head?
Exercises to Get You Into Your Character's Head
Write a journal entry about an important event from their POV
Do a magazine style interview with them
Write a “reality show” follow-around chronicling a normal day
Take some personality tests/quizzes from their POV
Write a short story based on a moment or event in their past
Have your character write a letter to another character (or to you)
Swap them into a scene from a favorite story/movie and write it
Do some writing prompts starring your character
Create a character playlist and note why each song fits them
List 5 things you love and 5 things you dislike about them
List 5 things you have/don’t have in common with them
Make a list of words that fit them and make a Wordle
Write a poem or song about your character
Make a character "mood board"/"aesthetic
Make the vision board you think your character would create
Present your character's "TedTalk" ... what would they talk about?
Act out important scenes as though you were your character
Drop your character into a strange situation to see how they react
Happy writing!
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