Monday 2 September 2019

A year of writing prompts: 3 September

How to use these prompts

Who are these people?
What might the woman bottom left be saying?
What's going on?



Prompts

  1. "Every man contains within himself a ghost continent - a place circled as warily as Antarctica was circled two hundred years ago." Loren Eiseley
  2. The bride's veil is snatched away.
  3. Bartholomew Fair was held on this date between 1752 and 1855. Write a story set at a fair.
  4. It's Skyscraper Day. Write a story featuring a skyscraper.
  5. Pet Rock Day is around now. Write a story about a pet rock.

Character Names
Hilda, Bella, Bertha, Claudia, Horace, Dawn, Isabella, Simon, Gregory, Alphonse


Character Traits
  • Mystics who are fond of research into mysterious things.
  • Fond of the opposite sex. Seductive and can influence the opposite sex but equally susceptible to being led into unsuitable relationships.
  • Erotic urges may stand between them and fame and success. Romantic relationships are fraught with danger of immorality, disgrace and unhappiness.
  • Dark, swarthy complexion.
  • Fond of the colour red.
  • Easily annoyed by trivial things.
  • Penetrating minds; good at detailed, exacting tasks, and be extremely neat; but are capable of being extremely sloppy at times, too.
  • Can be secretive and selfish, sometimes hard and mean.
  • Tend to overtax and strain themselves.
  • May belong to a religious cult, or be a seer in a position where they can manipulate others.
  • Tend to have a lot of hunches and notions and to speculate. They need to know, to uncover the dark side of things, to track things down and get to the bottom of things, hopefully uncovering something destructive or pathological.
  • Drawn to careers involving dangerous or night time tasks, possibly the military.
  • Danger from poisons - have a fear of being poisoned. Poisoning can take the form of scepticism or too much exposure to the dark underbelly of things.

Possible Themes
Magic.
Controlling one's destiny.
Changes of identity.
Revelation, uncovering.
Breaking down barriers.
Weddings, marriage, honeymoons, divorce. Vows.


Objects

A blindfold; a rearing horse; a dog; a dead animal; a bridal veil; two thieves.


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