Sunday 20 January 2019

A year of writing prompts: January 20

How to use these prompts

Who lives here?
What is it like inside?
Who comes to visit?



Prompts
  1. Disaster strikes at the inauguration of a new President.
  2. "I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate." George Burns
  3. In 1878, Cleopatra's Needle, the Egyptian Obelisk, arrived in London. There is another one in Central Park, New York. Write a story about one of these, or another Egyptian Obelisk nobody knows about yet.
  4. The first basketball game was played in 1892. Write a story featuring a basketball game.
  5. "Magnificent desolation." Buzz Aldrin


Character Names
Ilona, Henna, Henrikka, Fabian, Sebastian, Joy, Joyce


Character Traits
  • Want to fathom the unknown and improve the known.
  • Enjoy water-sports.
  • Enjoy the arts.
  • May find fame by designing a revolutionary measuring device.
  • Have many short-lived affairs - spend energy looking for love but feel they are unlovable.
  • Will have a long life, outliving most of their family, possibly even their race.
  • Practical, capable, good organisers. Rarely need to ask anyone for advice. Good at small jobs around the house as well as more profound projects.
  • Interested in biology, psychology and education. Ornithology, philosophy or the military may also attract them.
  • Women are sociable and friendly, while men are serious loners who may cut themselves off from society and never marry.
  • Progressive ideas about education and marriage.
  • Can see through masses of confusing detail.
  • May have things happen to them suddenly - sudden flashes of insight, or accidents. For this reason need to beware of angry outbursts.
  • Tendency to gain weight.
  • Can be suspicious and mistrustful.


Possible Themes
Awareness of responsibilities.
Unforeseen and rapid developments.
The potential of nature.
Learning self-love.
Thunderstorms, lightning, electricity.


Objects

An open book; an hourglass; two birds; a large mulberry tree laden with fruit.

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