Who is telling the story? Try playing around with point of view. Write an outline for a short scene with two characters in conflict (it doesn’t have to be too serious, they could just be disagreeing over who gets to use the bathroom first or eat the last piece of pie). What happens? Why is there even an argument? Write the scene as a short story from one character’s perspective. Now switch roles, and write it again from the other perspective.
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