A year of writing prompts: 21 August

How to use these prompts

Who might live in this sleepy seaside village?
Who might be arriving on the yacht?

Prompts

1. On this date in 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen. Write a story featuring the theft of a work of art.
2. In 1912, Arthur Eldred became the first Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the boy scouts. Who is, or will be, the last Eagle Scout?
3. "A bridge is a poem stretched across a river, a symphony of stone and steel." David Steinman
4. Today is the birthday of Christopher Robin Milne, whose teddy bear Winnie the Pooh became one of the most famous fictional characters ever. Remember your childhood toys? Their names and personalities? Write a story based on them in the style of Winnie the Pooh.
5. Today's guardian angel is Omael. Nobody knows whether he is a fallen angel or an upright one, but seems to be able to operate in both heaven and hell. Your character is either an angel working undercover as a demon in hell, or a demon working undercover as an angel in heaven.

Character Names

Joanna, Samule, Janina, Linda, Sydney, Shelley, Cornelius, Francesca, Jana, Jon, Josephina

Character Traits

• Have a gift for mathematics, but may not use it, or even be aware they have it.
• Their marriages tend to be happy, but often end through divorce or death of a partner, causing them great suffering.
• Likely to marry more than once.
• Make good leaders, particularly in humanitarian pursuits. Their destiny is to rise and raise up others in the process.
• Sense of responsibility to family and country.
• Idealistic and peace loving; but violence and destructiveness could feature in their lives.
• There is likely to be a period in their life of real abundance, where money pours in.
• If their home life is not going well or they are not supported, they could be distracted by worthless pursuits.
• Enjoy a peaceful old age having achieved their ambitions.
• Have influential friends.
• They have acute business ability but could be equally attracted to a career in music or poetry. Astronomical research is another possibility.
• May suffer problems connected to their feet and legs.
• Possible co-dependency.
  
  

Possible Themes

Harmony, union.

Being out of place. 

Escaping an oppressive situation.

Consecration to a higher power.

Longing.

Objects

A mermaid; a prince; a harnessed lion; wedding rings; a large sheet of blank white paper; a ladder; mathematical instruments; a broken sword.