Tuesday 18 June 2019

A year of writing prompts: 24 June

How to use these prompts

What's the story with a giant chicken on wheels?


Prompts

  1. "Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards." Sir Fred Hoyle
  2. A group of people decide to go skinny dipping at a local lake on Midsummer's Day.
  3. It's the feast day of St John the Baptist. Write a story about a christening or baptism.
  4. A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  5. It's Flying Saucer/UFO Day. Write a story about a UFO sighting.

Character Names
Jan, Johannes, Ivan, Jonas, Hans, Ian, Johnson, Juan, Jean, John, Juanita


Character Traits
  • Likely to be overly influenced by the opposite sex with fame or infamy resulting from their love affairs. Their affairs could cause downfall after success.
  • Pleasant and well mannered.
  • Generous to the point of being wasteful.
  • Ambitious and likely to be successful.
  • Have good memories leading to a tendency to live in the past.
  • Will prefer a simple rural life to an urban one.
  • Can be too trusting and risk being taken advantage of.
  • May be co-dependent or fixated on their mothers and will have difficulty establishing a home of their own.
  • Tend to take home life for granted.
  • Good ear for music, which could be a career choice.
  • Other career choices may be science, in particular geology or meteorology, statistics or cleric al work.
  • Can become so involved in their career or a hobby that they neglect social interaction.
  • Scholarly and dignified.
  • Often believe themselves to be in control of a situation when they are not.
  • Optimistic with a rugged spirit.
  • Tendency to trust the wrong people to watch their financial affairs.

Possible Themes
Pioneering spirit. Venturing into the unknown.
Hardship.
Quest for truth.
Snow, ice, glaciers, icebergs.
The visual sense.


Objects

A reindeer; a bunch of withered flowers; a balloon; a deep shaft; a rustic summer house; surgical instruments; a star.





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