Writing exercise: The Satellite’s coming down!
For those who haven’t heard, there’s a spy satellite the size of a bus with rocket fuel that has lost power and will plummet to the earth at any moment. Think alarmist for this exercise. Or not, either way. Be there when it happens. Choose the time, and the place. Write in the first person, and see either it actually happen, or the aftermath. Decide on a central idea before you begin if you can. Know where you want to end, so you can sprinkle bits of foreshadowing or parallel imagery in there. Is it somewhere cut off from the news? Were they able to divert the satellite to the Pacific like they had in the past, and if so, what of the oceanlife there, or a possible diver, fisherman, did the satellite land on a spot where you hold a fond memory? There are many places to go with this one. Maybe the time period is different, in the 80’s perhaps, or the near future. Have fun.