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Write What You Don't Know
As Writers, we�re always being told, �Write what you know.�
In this exercise, we�re going to stretch our imaginations a bit.  Think about something you would never do because of financial, physical, moral, or educational limitations.
Perhaps you are too terrified to go sky diving.  You would never perform brain surgery
because you haven�t studied neurology.  You would never push your mother-in-law from a moving car.  Get out of your comfort zone and think about what you would never in a million years think of yourself doing.

Now write about it.  Write in first person, as if you are actually doing it.  Use specifics.
(Don�t worry about fact checking for this exercise.) Use every sensory detail.  Write about your feelings and reactions, but avoid the use of �to be.�  The more details you can add, the more likely the reader will believe it.  Let your imagination take off.  Go.  Fly.

Most of all, have fun!
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