Tuesday 18 June 2019

A year of writing prompts: 21 June

How to use these prompts


Who is this man?
What might he be thinking?

Prompts

  1. It's the longest day of the year. Write about a very long day.
  2. "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." Jean-Paul Sartre
  3. It's Aimless Wandering Day. Your character is wandering aimlessly, when suddenly...
  4. A group of people decide they will go and watch the sunrise on the Summer Solstice. Where do they choose to go to watch it? Why? What happens as the sun comes up?
  5. It's World Giraffe Day. Write a story featuring a giraffe.

Character Names
Leila, Emil, Karla, Alicia, Summer, Terence, Marta, Ralph, Rudolph, Alva

Character Traits
  • Particular, precise and conservative. Can be critical and fussy.
  • Appreciate fine art.
  • Students of human nature.
  • Can be very persuasive and seductive.
  • Can be greedy and competitive.
  • May make associations purely for gain and be cunning and skilled at deception, betraying their friends if need be.
  • Can be hypocritical.
  • Life isn't always easy. They may suffer for what someone else has done and experience ruin, disgrace and be exposed to dangerous people and circumstances.
  • Work hard and believe work solves most problems.
  • Make faithful spouses but tend to be dominating as parents.
  • Loyal, possibly even servile or dependent.
  • Could pursue a career in writing, possibly about astrology. They may become actors or entertainers and possibly clairvoyants. Another possible career choice is that of lifeguard.
  • Tendency to lust after that which is unattainable.


Possible Themes
Mysteries of the feminine.
Affection, imitation and emulation.
Loyalty.
Visibility.
Double lives.
Seeing through deception.


Objects

A beach; a beauty pageant; a sheep; a wolf; an angel; animals made from glass.



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