The World Through a Different Lense

Hey, guys! Hope this post finds you well =)

Today I did an exercise which I knew existed, but which I had never really tried. And. I. LOVED it. The exercise was simply rewriting a scene or a very short story in a different POV. I, personally, need to be moved very deeply by literature which I remember for years to come. I found a brilliant scene in an college literature anthology called Images of the Holocaust by Jean Brown, Elaine Stephens, and Janet Rubin. If you're interested in that particular period of history, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
Anyway.
 The scene was from ANOTHER book called Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach, who survived the Holocaust herself. It's very short and in 3rd person limited. After reading it about 10 times and really liking it, I decided to try this POV exercise out and switch it from 3rd limited to 1st. I think it turned out rather well =)

I'm not going to post it on here--firstly because the original story is SO much better, and secondly because the story doesn't belong to me. If you want to read it, I think you all have my email address. I suggest trying out this exercise on one of your favorite scenes from one of your favorite books, or even from a scene in your own novel. It's really cool how different POVs affect how you explain things and how you describe situations.

Hope you have fun with this one!

~Elisabeth