The Story of Mis-fits is a very good exercise for Divergent Thinking. It works in both Forward and Backward sequences.
Step 1: List 10 unrelated objects u can find at home.
Step 2: Associate with another Object or Concept ( Man-Made / Abstract / Natural ) and give the new form a new expression & name.
Step 3 - Put the objects in a sequence but randomly form a Picture collage .
Step 4 - From the Picture collage, we now move ahead to construct a Story.
Step 5- Ensure the Story has a Theme, The Plot, Protagonists or actors, Complications or Conflicts of Interest, Push to overcome, climax, the end. The rule here is all these elements of the Story has to be constructed from the objects chosen and no external elements can be introduced to the story once the narration begins.
Step 6- Do the Story again with the same rules bottom -up.
Step 7 - Reflect on the Perspectives formed, re-arrange the sequence again and see how Story flips.