A year of writing prompts: February 19

How to use these prompts

Who is this artist?
Where does she live?
Write about her life and work.

Prompts

1. It's temporary Insanity Day. Write about someone experiencing a moment of madness.
2. “There is only one history of importance. What you believed and what you came to believe.” Kay Boyle
3. Today is the anniversary of the first test flight of a Jumbo Jet. Write about a test flight, or a test drive of a revolutionary new means of transport.
4. In 1879 the Women's Institute was founded. Write a story about scandal and intrigue at the WI.
5. In 1914, Campbell Besley announced discovery of lost Inca cities. Write a story about the people who lived in a lost Inca city.

Character Names

Patrick, Susannah, Zane, Ron, Ronald, Alta, Conrad, Desiree, Gabriella, Ella

Character Traits

• Have ambitions but tend to leave things to chance and so opportunities pass them by.
• Inclined to have one-sided or fanatical religious views.
• Tendency to be lazy. Often don't act until goaded into it, but when that happens they show a surprising ability and hidden strength.
• Can be emotional and touchy. Mood swings are likely.
• May be paranoid.
• Their lives do not always go smoothly. Changes in career and romance are likely.
• Can be careless and haphazard.
• Benefits come from older people.
• A tendency to let things drift results in losses but they rarely suffer from abject poverty.
• Comfort and peace of mind are important. They are unlikely to get distressed on account of others.
• Keep public and private lives separate. They might be involved in some sort of undercover activity while presenting a different image to the world.
• Most likely career is in science.
• May have a tendency to run away from things and be afraid to speak up.
• Terrorism may feature in their life at some stage.
• May suffer from agoraphobia or claustrophobia.

Possible Themes

Renunciation.

Survival by common sense.

Wariness.

Feeling tiny or insecure.

Accomplishment, confidence, satisfaction.

Objects

A squirrel; a treasure chest; sand; a long ladder; a werewolf; an angelfish; a coral reef.