Wednesday 27 March 2019

A Year of Writing Prompts: 27 March

How to use these prompts

Who are these people and what are they doing?
A fun day out by the sea, or something else?



Prompts

  1. Today is the birthday of Patty Smith Hill, who co-wrote the song, "Happy Birthday to you". Write a story about a birthday party.
  2. "A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on." James Callaghan
  3. It's world Theatre Day. Write a story set in a theatre.
  4. It's also Skyscraper Day - so write a story set in or around a skyscraper.
  5. "It was early in the morning of March the twenty-seventh that I took to the road." Basha (17th century Japanese poet)

Character Names
Dita, Saul, Rita, Alexandra, Lydia, Gale, Bradford, Peyton, Ernest, Ralph, Raymond

Character Traits
  • Detest violence and will use diplomacy or cunning, even trickery and lies, to get what they want in preference.
  • Able to think on their feet and get out of tight spots.
  • Love nature and respect living things.
  • Not particularly ambitious, tend not to have leadership skills and lack confidence, but nevertheless often find themselves in positions of authority.
  • Friendly, courteous and sociable, interested in psychology and communication - but tend to be loners who don't place much importance on building and maintaining relationships, so they can end up lonely in later life. They have a need to withdraw from people into nature from time to time for quiet and relaxation.
  • If they marry, the marriage is likely to be happy.
  • May have difficulty integrating the spiritual with the material, so from a spiritual perspective, wealth and success is not good for them. Attachment to status or possessions can be harmful.
  • Enjoy sport and "the chase".
  • Conservative - dislike change.
  • Versatile and able to multi-task. Hence they'll do well in most professions but may be drawn to forestry or horticulture, butchery, diamond cutting or setting, dancing, sociology, writing or the arts.
  • At ease in foreign countries.
  • Nervous irritation is possible.
  • Danger of accidents connected with fire, or bankruptcy.


Possible Themes
Communication. Voicing opinions.
Hypocrisy.
Defiance.
Defensiveness.


Objects

A fox; a wall; a bow and arrow; a wild rose tree; a double headed eagle.


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