Saturday 6 April 2019

A year of writing prompts: 12 April

How to use these prompts

An alien in a motorhome.
Is it touring Earth, or its own world?
Is it travelling alone or with others?



Prompts

  1. "The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again." Alan Paton
  2. It's Big Wind Day. Write a story about an extremely windy day.
  3. It's Look Up At The Sky Day. Someone is looking up at the sky. What do they see?
  4. Films released on this date include A Kind of Loving, Sleeping With the Enemy, Broken Arrow and Queen of the Damned. Write a story that shares a title with one of these movies.
  5. The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, launched today. Write about a space first.


Character Names
Julius, Julia, Travis, Essie, Esther, Angelo


Character Traits
  • Tend to be impressionable, and do not always choose the best friends or associates. They may find themselves nurturing friendships with people who are jealous of them and cause them harm. They will delude themselves about these people.
  • They have an innate wisdom and foresight but give more weight to the advice given to them by others, which may not be in their best interest.
  • Likely to become either a great healer, or a great destroyer.
  • They may suffer from a debilitating condition of some kind, possibly a back ailment.
  • At their best, refined and benevolent.
  • At their worst, aggressive and warlike.
  • Hard workers with an enterprising streak.
  • Scrupulously honest.
  • May have strong sexual desires which will lead to heartache.
  • Sometimes lack warmth and compassion.
  • Have an aptitude for science and are capable in business.
  • Could end up working for the military, the police, as a surgeon, in the arts, or something in the shady underworld.
  • Poisons, drugs and alcohol may play a part in their downfall.
  • Females may have a secret pregnancy at some stage.

Possible Themes
Struggle.
Discretion.
Desire to know.
Quiet determination.
Forces of chaos.


Objects

A veiled load; a comet; important documents; a bottle labelled “drink me”.



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