A Year of Writing Prompts: 29 March

How to use these prompts

Carpets on a roof.
Are they magic ones, perhaps?

Prompts

1. "Don't be afraid of your darker side. Have fun with it." Deanna Troi
2. It's the Festival of Smoke and Mirrors, meaning an illusion or something which is not as it appears to be. Someone is hiding something, or pretending to be something they are not.
3. In 1967, the Beatles started recording "With A Little Help From My Friends". Write about someone who gets a little help from their friends.
4. In 2013, scientists in New Jersey announced that they had created robotic ants. Write a story in which robotic ants are taking over the world.
5. In 1912, Robert Falcon Scott, trapped in a blizzard, wrote in his diary for the last time. Write about an explorer who is stuck and all seems lost. He doesn't think he is going to make it home. What does he write? Does rescue come at the last minute or does he suffer the same fate as Scott?

Character Names

Tatiana, Jonas, Augusta, Lois, Willard, Eustace

Character Traits

• Courageous and confident, willing to tackle the difficult and dangerous head on. However, they can be over-confident to the point of recklessness.
• Believe it is better to do something than nothing, and will do what they think is right, without necessarily analysing the situation or thinking it through.
• Can think on their feet and adapt quickly.
• Frank, honest and truthful with nothing to hide.
• Make loyal friends but formidable foes.
• Good at public speaking.
• Not good at asking for help or taking orders.
• Seek recognition and the admiration of others.
• Will not marry if they have to give up their freedom in order to do so.
• All activities to do with words are favoured - writing, rhetoric, philosophy.
• May choose a career in the army or navy, as a gunsmith, teacher, school administrator or medicine, in particular geriatrics.
• Need to beware of daydreaming, idle curiosity and impatience.

Possible Themes

Rules and structure.

Inner pride.

Independence.

Looking for inspiration and guidance.

Objects

A crystal ball; a balcony; a finger post; a hookah.