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WriteOn! Cabin Fever [1]

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Date: 2023-02-02  

Human beings like to get out and do stuff. Our characters seem to be perennially on the go. But what if they couldn’t?

Snowed in. Stuck without transport. Marooned on an island, or an alien planet. [ Polymath , by Brunner, is a tale of building civilization from scratch on the wrong planet.] Hiding from bombs, or searchers, or monsters, or a pandemic. [want to see some fun stuff by shut-in people? check out Off The Walls , from the Getty Museum. They ran a contest during the pandemic to recreate famous artworks with everyday items.]

Crowded in somewhere with a bunch of other people driving you nuts, or totally alone on one’s own resources.

How do your characters react when involuntarily idle? Are they creative, grumpy, hibernating? If they lack resources to survive, how do they make do?

Write a scene where your characters can’t go anywhere. Let us know why, and show how they cope, or don’t.

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