Writing prompt: Loops

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28 February 2025
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Create a plot that involves narrative loops in this week’s creative writing exercise

What might a loop, or repeat cycle, consist of, in terms of your story? 

A simple example might be someone setting off every day to the same place and coming home at the same time. 

Make a list of some loop possibilities you could apply in a story that interests you. What purpose could the loops have in terms of narrative? 

How could they affect the way a character perceives the story you’ve put them in? How could you distrupt the looping cycle?

Start to create a set-up where loops of some kind are integral to the way the story unfolds.

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