Wednesday 5 June 2019

A year of writing prompts: 6 June

How to use these prompts

Oops. Parachute stuck on church tower.
Why was this guy parachuting down in the first place?
What happens to him now?



Prompts

  1. "Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." Carl Jung
  2. George Orwell's 1984 was published on this date in 1949. Write about a character who is battling a dystopian future state.
  3. D-Day.
  4. In 1983, a bottle was found in Queensland with a message in it dated 1910. Write about a message in a bottle.
  5. Fictional characters born on June 6 include Forest Gump, Freddy Krueger and Damien Thorn, the devil child in The Omen. Write a story featuring one or more of these characters.


Character Names
Norbert, Cynthia, Paulina, Stuart, Mackenna, Gustav


Character Traits
  • Devoted to their families.
  • Likely to be engaged in community or charity work.
  • Intuitive, possibly with a talent for prediction.
  • Work hard, but don't always reap the rewards. Not all their projects reach fruition.
  • Not particularly ambitious.
  • Sociable and pleasant.
  • Curious.
  • Peace lovers who will reject aggression and violence in favour of a strategy of non-resistance.
  • Like their surroundings to be peaceful.
  • Versatile and adaptable, but restless.
  • Usually fortunate.
  • Can be zany and anarchistic.
  • Teaching and politics are possible careers.
  • May suffer from eye problems or hormonal problems and have a tendency to overwork.
  • Males may be chauvinistic.

Possible Themes
Links, connecting forces.
Rights, protests.
Stating a case.
Platforms and stages.
The battle between masculine and feminine.
Announcements.


Objects

A bridge; slate roof tiles; a ladder; a stone cross; a shattered sword; a sunflower.




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