Borrow a couple of characters from a favorite classic novel, put them in a situation from another novel, and write what happens next. For example, imagine Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester on the whale ship Pequod from Moby-Dick. Why are they there? What happens? How do they interact with Captain Ahab and Ishmael?
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