Monday, April 15, 2013

Displaced

Read 2 Kings 16-18

2 Kings 17:23 "Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."

Displaced characters are a rich source of story points. Fiction, nonfiction, movies, plays, television shows have used displaced people for drama and comedy.

For nonfiction, we might write an essay about how we coped when we were tossed out of our familiar world into something frightening or amusing. We might find someone to interview who became famous, or not so famous, because of how they coped with being displaced.

In fiction, we might show a group of people who have been displaced and how the group as well as the individuals cope—some well, others not so much. Or we can show one person who has been thrown out of their element—either a protagonist or another character and how it affects the protagonist.

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