Saturday 13 July 2019

A year of writing prompts: 13 July

How to use these prompts

Who is this?
Tell her story.


Prompts

  1. If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” John Parker
  2. Embrace Your Geekness Day. Write a story about a geek who saves the day.
  3. Go West, young man.
  4. The first Olympic Games started today – both the ancient (in 776BC) and the modern (1908). Write a story featuring the Olympic Games.
  5. In 1977, a lightning strike plunged thousands of homes in New York into darkness. Write a story in which there is a major power failure.

Character Names
Joel, Margarita, Rita, Maggie, Mamie, Margaret, Margie, Marguerite, Megan, Guy, Peggy, Pearl, Ernest, Henry, Mildred, Milly, Nina, Judith


Character Traits
  • Love to travel in spite of the mishaps that often happen on their journeys.
  • May be fickle with a tendency to take on too much and therefore succeed at nothing. May change jobs frequently and be fussy about what they are prepared to do. However this doesn't rule out ambition and rising to positions of authority, perhaps in scientific research, travel, communications or as a freelance writer.
  • Their family will be a stabilising influence.
  • Inquisitive and sociable.
  • May be rebellious.
  • Interested in spiritual philosophy.
  • May become famous or notorious.
  • Vigilant and clear-minded.
  • May have a mission to find the truth and uphold it.
  • Pained by the suffering of humanity and tend to live for others more than themselves.
  • Serene, focused and unsentimental.
  • May be victims of violence and/or suffer injuries to the face.
  • May be disgraced at some stage and may serve time in prison. May suffer losses as a result of journeys on water.

Possible Themes
Limitation and hindrance.
The eyes.
Inheritance and birthright.
Adaptability; rising to the occasion.
Power and authority.


Objects

A ship in distress; an empty chariot; a ditch; an eagle's nest; a nurse.





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