Sunday 10 March 2019

A Year of Writing Prompts: March 10

How to use these prompts


Who is this?
Hero? Vigilante? Villain?
What is he shooting at?



Prompts

  1. "Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold." Zelda Fitzgerald
  2. Day of Awesomeness. Write about something awesome.
  3. Pack Your Lunch Day celebrates homemade lunches. Write about a child who finds something unusual packed in with his or her lunch.
  4. The first Crufts dog show was held in 1886. Write a story about a dog show.
  5. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." Alexander Graham Bell


Character Names
Aurora, Adrian, Kira, Liliana, Sylvia, Gerald, Hilda, Barry, Cyprian, Sandra, Alexandra, Bruno, Ethel


Character Traits
  • Lovers of music, theatre and ballet.
  • Tend to pursue a life of shameless debauchery which can prove their downfall in the end.
  • Men will fall under the influence of women, which will do them no good.
  • Women will be successful, but may have to sacrifice their honour to achieve it.
  • Not afraid of hard work.
  • Have a natural talent for cookery and fixing things without formal training.
  • May take a long time to settle on a career, and may never do so. Arts, music and service related careers may be what they settle on.
  • Generous and sympathetic.
  • Can be odd and quirky, sometimes disagreeable.
  • Reckless in romance.
  • Tendency to play the martyr.
  • Deceive others, and also themselves.
  • Danger of mental illness.
  • May become involved with espionage, prostitution, or the black market, including illegal drugs.

Possible Themes
Excess and debauchery.
Mandates. 
Higher authority. 
Sacred texts.
Guidelines, laws, law enforcement.
Revelations.


Objects

A sofa; torn clothes; a lantern; an ornate garden gate; a courthouse.






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