Friday 20 September 2019

A year of Writing Prompts: 21 September

How to use these prompts


What happens to people who walk through this arch?


Prompts

  1. There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen
  2. On Dick Turpin's birthday, write a story featuring a highwayman.
  3. On Stephen King's birthday, write a horror story.
  4. In 1995, a statue of the Hindu god Ganesh began oozing milk. Write a story about a miracle.
  5. In 1741, an unknown fluffy substance fell from the sky in England. It was dubbed “Angel's Hair” and quickly melted away. A mysterious substance is falling from the sky. This is the basis of your story.

Character Names
Mirella, Matiss, Nara, Matt, Matthew, Mattie, Autumn, Ellen, Ellie

Character Traits
  • Attracted to mysteries and the occult
  • Like to study in the solitude of the night.
  • Are not afraid to experiment with the spiritual world. They may take part in marathon sessions in spiritual matters, such as yoga, or risky experiments in witchcraft.
  • Lovers of the truth - will go to great lengths to find it and when they do will tell it to others. Overwork and sleepless nights may be a consequence of the search for answers.
  • Love of detail but a tendency to be absent minded. Can get bogged down in details.
  • Often solitary and lonely. They may never marry.
  • Tend to be unsettled and restless, scattering themselves into too many projects.
  • Possibility of anti-social behaviour, acting as if the rules don't apply to them.
  • Scientific research and service industries are possible careers.
  • Could suffer from mental illness, or alternatively injuries to the head including cerebral haemorrhages.
  • Could suffer from deafness.
  • Possibility of receiving a death penalty.
  • Could be obsessive workaholics.


Possible Themes
Scientific collections.
Lies, betrayal.
Concealment, darkness.
Thoughtless actions with serious consequences.



Objects

Oranges; a window; a man wearing a veil; fog; flowers.

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