There's this writing prompt that reads: "What animal am I?" Reading a scene in a novel where a writer leafs through an encyclopedia, I thought of an improvement on this. Take the characteristics and behavior of a certain animal and superimpose them on a person. One advantage is writers then don't have to write about themselves all the time.
Take the bat for example. A direct transposition results in the character we all know from comics and films. But what if you applied the characteristics more subtly? What if you had a whole family that only came out at night? None of them could see very well. They might live in a remote area where nights were quieter than the daytime, where perhaps people didn't venture out after dark. They would have the run of the town and be feared. But then one member of the family would rebel. This is where the story begins. You're free to use this idea, by the way.
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