SCWG assignments and projects

The Lady deMontford saga: An exercise in story creation and character building.

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Characters

Lady deMontford, aged 99

Sir Francis, her son, agfed 75

His daughter, Margaret, forty-ish

Lady deMontford's caretaker, in her sixties (Main character, either third or first person)

Her son, Ginger, early twenties

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Assignment

The story characters are having breakfast in the smart, expansive dining room with light streaming in through the enormous, draped windows. Then someone reveals a terrible secret. This could possibly be life-changing announcement, of an action that will forthwith be undertaken. 

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The terrrible secret could be anything. Could be revelations of a personal nature, illicit relationship, awful deed, death, or well, or a lifechanging discover (gold buried under the house, anyone?)

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This announcement forces the Caretaker (pick any name and gender) in a position where his or her primary character traits will reveal themselves, and place her on a path of conflict with one or all other  characters.

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The purpose of this scene is to enable character building, and not so much further storytelling (for the moment, anyway). 

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Try and keep the scene to 500 words. If you can finish it in two paragraphs, bonus points.

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Deadline is 16 February 2023, the date of our next meeting!

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