Sunday 17 March 2019

A Year of Writing Prompts: March 17

How to use these prompts

A couple of gnomes, or, since it's St Patrick's Day,
perhaps they are leprechauns!
Write a story about them.



Prompts

  1. It's St Patrick's Day. Write a story featuring one or more (or even all) of the following: Ireland, Guinness, shamrock, leprechaun, green-ness.
  2. Write a story about a St Patrick's Day celebration - a parade, a pub crawl, a party, a church service - when something goes horribly wrong.
  3. "I am just going outside. I may be some time." Lawrence Oates
  4. Rubber bands were patented in 1845. Write a story featuring a rubber band.
  5. According to Adrienne Cook, today is an enchanted time - "a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic." Write about someone who starts doing just that.

Character Names
Patrick, Patricia, Patsy, Patty, Patrice, Trisha, Paddy, Pat, Gertrude


Character Traits
  • Methodical and mindful of details, but unlikely to show much initiative.
  • Reliable people who will follow rules to the letter.
  • Prefer not to take responsibility for things. If they do, they often fail at it.
  • Have exact habits, although they may be eccentric.
  • May be psychic. However, psychic abilities could lead them astray.
  • Have a good understanding of a range of subjects.
  • Sometimes slow of speech.
  • May find themselves wandering and lonely, even within a crowd.
  • Can be very sympathetic, but also judgemental and dictatorial.
  • Often superstitious or religious.
  • Possessive of partners and have strong family ties, but are likely to be separated from their families by their careers, or in order to follow the spiritual mission they feel they have to fulfil.
  • Tendency to fantasise and not see things as they really are.
  • Science, especially chemistry or medicine, politics or astrology are careers they may be drawn to.
  • Petty jealousies and slanderous campaigns can cause them problems in life.
  • Danger of shipwreck, accidental submersion or drowning.
  • Health-wise, possible issues may be related to blood sugar/diabetes. They could contract TB or have suicidal thoughts.

Possible Themes
Intuition; premonition.
Setting up projects; training
Colour, spectrums, raindrops, facets. Reflection, refraction.
Side effects.
Separation.


Objects

A prism; an old-fashioned clock; a bat; a graveyard; a raft; a trowel; a rainbow.



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