Friday 22 February 2019

A year of Writing Prompts: February 22

How to use these prompts

Where does this path lead?
Who might be travelling along it, and why?



Prompts

  1. It's Thinking Day, a day celebrated by Girl Guides all over the world. Write a story about Guides and/or Brownies, or if you prefer, Cubs and/or Scouts.
  2. Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they try to be your friend first.” Steve Irwin
  3. It's George Washington's birthday. Write about someone who cannot tell a lie.
  4. It's Walking the Dog Day. Write about some dog owners who meet every day when they walk their dogs in the park.
  5. Back to Thinking Day for the literal interpretation – write about someone who has a lot of thinking to do.


Character Names
Ariana, Margarita, George, Georgia, Georgina, Gina, Jordi, Marta, Marina, Marlene


Character Traits
  • Friendship is important to them. They are good, generous friends who are often the ones sought after for advice. Difficulties in their life may well involve their friendships.
  • Fond of luxury and good living.
  • Can be diffident or apologetic.
  • Need to be understood and appreciated.
  • Trials in their life tend to be over by the time they are forty, and they will then have the means to indulge their love of good living.
  • Above average intelligence with good organisational skills; possibly a musical or psychic talent.
  • Like to look their best.
  • Have a sense of purpose and will strive to develop the talents they need in order to contribute to society.
  • Charming, sociable and sympathetic, with good manners.
  • Refuse to let anything get them down.
  • Work well in education, mediation, television, as mediums or healers, arts or science. Suited to any career involving speaking and negotiating.
  • May suffer from asthma.
  • At risk of alcohol and drug misuse.

Possible Themes
Spirituality which is open to all.
Selling, bartering and interchange. Bargains.
Volunteering, fundraising.
Jumble sales; second hand clothes.


Objects

A buffet; a dark passage; gold nuggets; a table set with food and drink in vessels of gold and silver.


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