Remember that old eighties' film 'Honey, I shrunk the kids!' or the even older 'The Incredible Shrinking Man'? Well, here's your chance to get down to the nitty-gritty.
Imagine you are only a few centimetres tall. Possibly you have been shrinking slowly over a period of days (or years), or maybe you suddenly become tiny. Or perhaps you are a creature who is naturally very small, such as a sparrow, mouse, lizard or snake - or even smaller, such as an insect, spider, worm, slug, bee, ant, etc. Or you might decide to be a tiny mythological creature like a fairy, goblin, gnome, elf,. pixie, sprite, leprechaun, dwarf, smurf or whatever. You might even go really minute, like a bacteria, virus or amoeba.
What would the world look like from your viewpoint? How would you interpret what you see?
If the creature you chose had humanlike intelligence, you might construct a narrative around their experiences, showing the reader their thoughts and perceptions. Or maybe you could write a poem displaying the world as seen from the viewpoint of a butterfly or a grass snake? You might wish to anthropomorphise the Covid-virus or personify a blade of grass.
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