Coffee-break exercise: Monotony

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19 August 2022
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Convey the monotony of a character’s existence in this week’s creative writing exercise

Who is your character? What is their experience of monotony? What has caused it, and how do they deal, or not deal, with it?

What constitures the texture of their monotony? What is most soul-destroying about it for the character?

How might you move the character on from monotony to a state of engagement and excitement?

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