Creative Writing Exercises - Leicestershire County Council
Creative Writing Exercises - Leicestershire County Council
Creative Writing Exercises - Leicestershire County Council
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Someone Else’s Shoes<br />
You will need: (a pair of shoes or other items of clothing)<br />
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<strong>Exercises</strong><br />
(These items could be brought along by the participants, or they may be more exotic and<br />
provided by a museum. To explain this exercise we will use the example of a traditional<br />
sandal from South-East Asia and a 1950s gold stiletto shoe.)<br />
What to do:<br />
• First imagine the person who might have worn the sandal. Imagine them in detail including:<br />
- What’s their hair like?<br />
- What are they wearing?<br />
- How tall are they?<br />
- Are they carrying anything?<br />
- Are they outside or inside?<br />
- What’s the weather like?<br />
Stuart Woman’s Shoes, H10.27<br />
- What type of surface or ground are they standing on?<br />
• Next imagine the person who might have worn the stiletto.<br />
- What colour is their hair?<br />
- What’s their skin like?<br />
- Are they curvaceous, skinny, middle-aged, or teenage?<br />
- Are they wearing jewellery?<br />
- What are they holding?<br />
- What colours are they wearing?<br />
- Where are they?<br />
- What time of day is it?<br />
• Then choose one of your two characters and put them in the other person’s shoes.<br />
Write a poem about this experience. Ask:<br />
- How do they feel - scared, excited, disillusioned?<br />
- What physical sensations do they experience whilst wearing these shoes?<br />
- What possibilities have been gained or lost by wearing these shoes?<br />
Exercise given by Katie Daniels<br />
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