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Your task this month is to write a vignette (short scene) that features a fictional person (or animal), or you could write a fictional story about a real person, like we did last year in our historical fiction exercise.
While researching character traits of both leaders and followers for this post, we found two excellent sources for you to check out before you tackle this exercise. (Links are shown below) The difference between these two opposites is not as cut and dried as you might think. Leaders get noticed a lot more than followers, but followers are equally important, and sometimes their roles get reversed. Whether you choose to depict a follower or a leader, it would be best to portray one or two of their typical attributes instead of many. Write a scene where one trait stands out and thereby show us why we admire (or detest) that character.
Now for a plot twist: who would a leader lead if he or she had no followers? And vice-versa? What sort of problems could you imagine if that were the case? How about depicting a leader's rise to fame, or his/her fall from grace? Perhaps that would make the most interesting character study of all.
Above all, have fun with this exercise! Word limit approx. 500 (or whatever fits on one side of a sheet of paper, 11 point font or larger.) Be sure to bring copies for us to read along with! We will meet at 1 PM on February 11th to share our stories.
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Leaders: http://www.ala.org/nmrt/initiatives/ladders/traits/traits
Followers: http://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/followership-the-other-side-of-leadership/
And here's an interesting article about "the first follower":
http://www.ldssmile.com/2013/12/15/importance-first-follower/
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