You know how, yesterday, I talked about the idea of Christmas and how you might or might not have a tradition around that? We're going to focus on that idea for this exercise into people and customs today. Just because we're dealing with the real world doesn't mean that we can ignore the little customs or the bigger ones of daily life. Or the random people in our daily lives, like the very nice baristas at Starbucks who make our coffee.
Bonus points if you can guess where I'm writing this right now. Thank everything for PSL and salted caramel season.
So, for today, take one of your customs, either big or small, and think how you could fit it into your novel (if you want to). Maybe you celebrate the first day of fall by having your first PSL of the season. Maybe you celebrate something that mainstream America doesn't and, even though your characters are not of your nationally or religion, they could observe someone going through it. But try to break down one of your customs today and see if it can fit within the vision of the world you're portraying in your novel. It might send you in a different direction than you thought you were going in or it might make you realize that your own reality plays into your novel's reality more than you know.
Until next time, keep on plotting (and writing!).
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