June 2025 Writing Suggestions
Every Family Has One - or Two - of Those One-of-a-Kind Relatives
Write a story about on of your relatives that is:
- The Crazy Aunt/Uncle
- The Practical Joker
- The Storyteller
- The Drama Queen/King
- The Aging Jock
- The Life of the Party
- Calamity Jane/Calamity Jack
- The Experimental Cook
As you craft your story, consider the following information:
- When and how did you come to the realization that this relative fits the role you have assigned them?
- Would they embrace the designation or be horrified by it?
- What specific incidents or actions led you to come to the conclusion that your relative fits this description?
- Do all of your other relatives see this person in the role you have assigned them, or might some of them disagree? Why?
- Do you have more than one of the same type of those "one-of-a-kind relatives?" Do they try to outdo one another or do they complement each other?
- Do you have another type of "one-of-a-kind" relative we have missed? Let us know about them, so we can see if we have one of those, too!
