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Elenaa

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anyone have any ideas on what to write for a creative on discovery?? I suck at creative writing and i'm having so much trouble finding an idea to write about thats not cliche and stuff :/
 

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how about a fish who loses his son, and on the quest to find him, he discovers that the ocean isn't as scary as he once believed.
 

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how about a fish who loses his son, and on the quest to find him, he discovers that the ocean isn't as scary as he once believed.
Totally not a ripoff of Finding Nemo, eh?

A man who loses his leg and discovers how hard it is to be disabled.
 

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A Nazi officer who loses his son in one of the concentration camps. Name the son Bruno.
 

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A guy who inspects a corrupt farm but has to decide whether accepting a much needed bribe to pay for his son's medical bills or report the people to the regulators.
 

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Have you tried using visual stimuli? Often visuals are better than textual stimuli because you can envisage what the universe in your narrative will look like from the get go, and that makes it easier to develop that world throughout the writing process.
 
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