My favorite critique partner, the amazing Sara Marian, and I love to play games involving our characters. One of them is the old favorite, If Your Character Were A… He/She Would Be…,” often played with politicians, but we play with our characters. If Moder Zglaria…

Here’s an all-purpose tool for you. It works as an exercise. It works as a character sketch before beginning a project. It works to break writer’s block. It’s just plain fun. Take a character or a setting or a situation. It can be something you’re…