Imagine something peculiar has happened to your protagonist.
They might have grown or shrunk massively, woken up speaking a foreign language having forgotten their own, developed a super-power [like the ability to fly, x-ray vision, super-strength or invisibility] or a previously unsuspected new talent [painting portraits, playing the cello, operatic singing, gymnastics, batting at cricket, selling things].
Or maybe people suddenly believe every word they say, or fall in love with them on sight, or think they are the devil incarnate.
Your protagonist might 'Do A Kafka' and just wake up one morning with the change having already happened.
Or they might 'Do A Dr Jekyl', doing it to themselves by, for example, being a scientist undergoing research into something who accidentally creates the condition.
Or it might be inflicted upon them by a mad scientist ['Doing a H.G.Wells'] or a supernatural entity like the Devil [a pact signed in blood] or a djinn [giving wishes] or a witch [revenge or punishment]. It might even be inflicted by aliens ['Doing a Dr Who'].
Ok, you've got your character. You've got their problem to overcome. What happens next?
1. Come up with 3 realistic scenarios for things that might happen next to this particular character within the world you have created for them. Even though their 'problem' might be implausible, the world they live in is the real one, so the way that others react to them would be how your own friends, family, neighbours, colleagues etc would react.
2. Come up with solutions to each of these scenarios. Decide whether you want it to be funny, tragic, scary or moving.
3. Go through all the ideas you've generated and pick out the components you wish to use in your story. Write it.
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