A year of writing prompts: 29 June

How to use these prompts

What is happening here?
An alien invasion?
A dystopian future where giant robots rule the world?

Prompts

1. It's the feast day of St Peter, the saint with the keys to heaven. St. Peter is doing his job. It's been a quiet day so far, not too many deaths. Then he hears a knock on the pearly gates. Who is there?
2. It's Camera Day. Write a story featuring photographs and/or a photographer.
3. "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." Antoine de Saint-Exupery
4. It's Remote Control Day. Write a story entitled The Day the Remote Control Went Missing.
5. In 2000, a first edition print of the US Declaration was sold for £5 million after being found inside a picture frame bought at a flea market for £3. Your character buys something at a flea market or car boot sale and when they open it, take it apart, find something amazing inside.

Character Names

Peter, Pavel, Petra, Paul, Benita, Pablo, Paolo, Paula, Paulette, Pauline, Pedro, Pierce, Pierre, Judith

Character Traits

• Self-indulgent and lazy.
• Marriages may not last as they are given to illicit romances.
• Fond of gossip and likely to spread it, in speaking or writing. They may make a career out of trashy journalism. There is a danger of libel or slander in extreme cases.
• Likely to write anonymous letters rather than speaking up to someone's face.
• If caught out they will deny everything.
• Refined taste in art, fashion and décor.
• Like pleasant surroundings.
• Conservative and neat.
• Fond of children and nature.
• Given to flights of fancy and will promise more than they can deliver.
• Horse sense and a mind able to cope with the rough and tumble of life, but are inwardly shy and emotionally vulnerable.
• Sometimes religious.
• Mistrustful of other people.
• May use their home or family as a shield.
  
• Lacking in courage and irresponsible.
• May be sociopaths.
• Danger of paralysis.

Possible Themes

Non human beings posing as human.

Parades, popularity contests, appearances, identity parades.

Uniforms and costumes.

Objects

Rabbits in human clothes; a temple of love; a rope attached to a bell; an editor's desk; An alchemical text written on parchment.