A year of writing prompts: 6 October

How to use these prompts

What is happening here?
Why is someone climbing the cliff?
What of the sulky looking woman on the left? What's her beef?

Prompts

1. "The house is a machine for living in." Le Corbusier
2. It's Mad Hatter Day. Write about someone who acts a little silly.
3. It's National Badger Day. Write a story about a badger.
4. It's Soap Opera Day. Your story is an episode of a soap opera, either a real one you watch or one you just invented.
5. A student returns for the new term at university to find everything has changed.

Character Names

Bruno, Renata, Monica, Tasha, Blaine, Natalie, Natasha, Jennifer, Jenny

Character Traits

• Interested in science, in particular theories about force, light, cold and waves.
• Also interested in literature and the arts, travel and exploration.
• Good leadership abilities; have the ability to boost the self-confidence of their friends and colleagues.
• Quick and imaginative minds, but lacking in ambition, concentration and determination.
• Tendency to be selfish; once their own needs are met they tend not to concern themselves with the world and things that do not concern them.
• Dislike making decisions and will go to great lengths to avoid doing so. This can lead to trouble. There is a danger of going round in circles and not getting anywhere.
• Enjoy speaking and writing. Are clever and witty.
• Their families, particularly brothers, will help them achieve their ambitions. Male friends are also often helpful.
• Love affairs and marriage do not always go smoothly.
• Have more abilities than they show, and tend to avoid responsibility.
• Science, electronics, law enforcement or films are the careers they may be drawn to.
• Can be thrown off balance by strong food or drink.
• Danger of possession or magic ensnarement as they can be susceptible to suggestion, especially when drunk.
• May contemplate suicide at some stage in their life.

Possible Themes

Observation of the sky.

Hope.

Victory of light over darkness.

The ending of a difficult period.

Cycles.

Circles, wheels, returning to the beginning, completion.

Objects

A sea of ice; a sledge pulled by reindeer; a pig; cave paintings; a hurdy-gurdy; a juggling monkey.