[Writing Prompt] Belonging

This week our themes are focused on characters’ needs. Today, something above a survival need, but something that is nevertheless deeply important:

The Prompt

Write a story about a character who desperately wants to belong

Tips

This can be any kind of relationship story: love, friends, family, career.
The character must NEED to belong so badly that they’re willing to go through hell to pursue their need.
Your story should take your character somewhere: will they change to fit in, or will they realise that’s too big a step for them. Will they be OK with that (in either case)?
Show us why your character needs to belong and how that need drives her every action.
Put obstacles in her way as often as possible and show us about your protagonist’s character by showing us how he/she reacts to the obstacles.

 

Go!