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| Who lives, or lived, in this house? What might the busts in the window be thinking/saying to one another? |
Prompts
- In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, albeit as a passenger on this occasion. In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to orbit the Earth and described it as "the most fun I'll ever have in my life". Write about a woman who is a pioneer in flight and/or space travel.
- It's Trouser Day, celebrating the British Infantry wearing trousers for the first time. Write a story in which a pair of trousers features significantly.
- It's International Picnic Day - so take your characters on a picnic. What happens next is up to you.
- "Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else - and failing." Raymond Radiquet.
- Red Adair, famous firefighter and troubleshooter, was born in 1915. Your character is faced with a huge fire or other disaster and has to take the lead in dealing with it. Write about how they achieve the feat in the face of almost impossible odds.
Character
Names
Arnold,
Milan,Albert, Marina, Mia, Miriam, Colby, Amanda, Marek, Bjorn
Character
Traits
- Often unlucky in love and likely to go through divorce or premature widowhood.
- Tend to become dependent on other people.
- Women may develop mistrust of men after a failed romance and be unwilling to trust again.
- Sensitive and sympathetic.
- Tend to melancholy.
- Find it hard to concentrate their energy in one area. Possibly untidy.
- Refined rather than rugged.
- Enjoy fine arts and may be collectors of antiques, or symbols of heritage and culture. Arts or crafts is a possible career choice. Prefer art to nature because art is more enduring.
- May be drawn to work in a business founded on human interests or spiritual values.
- Quick minds and possibly genius level intelligence.
- Tendency to wander, but need a stable, secure home to return to. Will probably carry some memento of home on their travels. They will miss home and long to go back, but may face bitter disappointment when they get home and find things have changed.
-
May
be pessimistic and fatalistic.
- Possibly self-centred.
- Social climbers concerned with fitting in.
- May consider taking their own life at some stage.
- May suffer from heart trouble.
Possible
Themes
Wandering,
leaving home, a gypsy lifestyle.
Far off and distant things.
Sadness,
mourning.
Prophecy,
astrology and Tarot.
Objects
A violin with broken strings; food stored in a cave; a forest; a rock by the sea; a gilded star on a ceiling.
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