A year of writing prompts: 9 June

How to use these prompts

Beings who live under the sea.
Write about their lives.
What are the relationships between them?

Prompts

1. "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." John Howard Payne
2. In 1995, the Brady Bunch Movie was released. Write about a large family who are in the public eye because of some talent they all have - singing, playing in a band, sport, superpowers - you choose.
3. In 2010 the world's oldest leather shoe was found. Write about how the owner of that shoe might have lived, and/or how the shoe came to be left behind.
4. In 2000 a deer got into a woman's bathroom in Pennsylvania. It managed to turn on water, spill bubble bath and get in the bath before it was caught and released into the wild. Write about an animal which gets into a human home. When it is released back into the wild, what story does it tell its herd/pack/flock?
5. The Queen's birthday is celebrated about now. Write about a celebration fit for a queen.

Character Names

Felix, Gita, Nuala, Colin, Colleen, Felician, Margarita, Diana, Petra

Character Traits

• May not have an easy life. Ruin can follow prosperity. Success may return in later life, however.
• A religious faith may be of comfort through the hard times.
• Restless and easily influenced.
• May drift through life avoiding work, not making the most of their artistic gifts.
• They may join the military or work in a field involving action or danger, or a humanitarian cause involving self-sacrifice.
• Good public speakers.
• Women are often unlucky in love and suffer a lot of heartache.
• May find themselves deserted by their friends. Confidences may be betrayed.
• Serene and calm.
• Dislike waste.
• May fall foul of old or outdated laws.
• May suffer from lung trouble or asthma.
• Tendency to be self-destructive.

Possible Themes

Tradition and heritage.

Yearning for a better future.

Myths: interpreting and debunking them.

Reading and learning.

Co-operation.

Balance between male and female.

Objects

An ancient book; a beautiful mansion; a beggar; a pilgrim; a staff; an empty space; Strange creatures peeking out from behind trees; a magnifying glass.