A year of writing prompts: 28 June

How to use these prompts

Three people having a day out.
Or maybe four - someone is behind the camera!
What might happen to these people during their trip?

Prompts

1. The first Gay Pride Day was observed in 1987. Write a story in which the protagonist is gay.
2. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending the first world war. Write about two people, or two countries, or two groups of any description, who finally make peace with each other after years of hostility.
3. Long Letter Day is a day to write a long letter to an old friend. So write a long letter - either to an actual old friend, or from your character to an old friend.
4. "If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country." Mel Brooks
5. On the Festival of Terrible Poetry, try your hand at writing some terrible poems.

Character Names

Leo, Muriel, Clay, Clayton, Leon, Leopold

Character Traits

• Concerned with fashion and outward appearances.
• Enjoy luxury and social functions.
• Tendency to be wasteful.
• Rugged, strong, fearless, self-reliant and decisive.
• Tend to assume they are the natural leaders and boss everyone around.
• Can be selfish, overbearing and quarrelsome.
• Tend to be indifferent to the suffering of others.
• Likely to be of humble birth but will reach the top by their own efforts and initiative.
• Can be critical, cutting and cruel.
• Intelligent and analytical.
• Appreciate diplomacy in others even though they are not always diplomatic themselves.
• Physically fearless but emotionally vulnerable.
• May be disciplined, or may have bad habits.
• Attractive to the opposite sex, but there is a danger they will make a bad choice of partner.
• Fond of sports.
• May have a disability of some kind, or a partner, dependent or position which is a burden to them.
• Tendency towards escapism, but this may be channelled into a career as a writer.

Possible Themes

Discipline.

Potential of nature.

Moonlight; full moon celebrations.

Reconnecting with the feminine.

Dreams, fantasies, astral realms.

Dancing.

Objects

Nature spirits; a flowery pergola; Thor's hammer; a ripe apple hanging from a tree; jewels; beggars.