Wednesday 27 February 2019

A Year of Writing Prompts: February 27

How to use these prompts


Tell a story about this couple.
How did they meet?
What on Earth is that in his hair?


Prompts

  1. In 1939, Borley Rectory, Britain's most haunted house, burned down. Time for a spooky story ending with the haunted building being destroyed because there is no other way to stop the supernatural activity.
  2. Shrove Tuesday is often around this time. Write a comical tale of a bunch of people who hold a pancake race with disastrous results.
  3. It's No Brainer Day. Someone has a decision to make, and it seems like a "no brainer". Or is it?
  4. "A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it." John Steinbeck
  5. Spike Milligan died in 2002. His epitaph reads, "I told you I was ill." Write about someone who has reason to say, "I told you so."


Character Names
Alexander, Edina, Clyde, Farrah, Gabriel, Anastasia, Laila


Character Traits
  • Interested in the personal lives of others, and their emotional problems.
  • Very practical, but not always grounded.
  • Attached to their home.
  • Hard workers who are also very efficient.
  • Analytical mind with a gift for exact sciences like physics or chemistry.
  • Tend not to think highly of themselves. Often believe others do not like them.
  • Dramatic, musical or poetic ability.
  • Interested in astrology.
  • Cautious and mistrustful of people and situations they are not familiar with.
  • Often religious but they may not adhere to an established faith because their beliefs have come about from observing nature.
  • Prepared to forego present glory and to rather work for future generations, who will recognise them as trailblazers.
  • Danger from yielding to passion or desires of the lower nature.
  • May use drugs for escapism.

Possible Themes
Transformation of words and ideas into action.
Peace and tranquility.
Flight; aviation.
Navigation.


Objects

A jumping horse; a mortar; a deep red star; chemical instruments; a cat; a mouse; cheese.



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