A year of writing prompts: 8 October

How to use these prompts

Write a story about this Ninja.
Is there anything unusual about him (or her)?

Prompts

1. Universal Music Day is celebrated around now. Write a story in which music plays a significant role.
2. "I should have suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive." Frank Herbert
3. World Sight Day is also around now. Write a description of something you can see. Alternatively, something your character can see.
4. In 1949, a man was killed by lightning in his back garden in Taranto, Italy. His father and grandfather had all died the same way in the same spot. Write a story about an unlikely coincidence.
5. On World Octopus Day, pen a tale featuring an octopus.

Character Names

Vera, Anastasia, Anita, Manuel, Manuela, Immanuel, Brigitta, Nelly

Character Traits

• Musical, with good singing voices; both solo singing and harmonies.
• Good with words, and can talk their way into or out of virtually anything.
• Have an interest in science.
• Tendency to criticise and poke fun at the establishment. They enjoy this type of humour for its own sake and are unlikely to offer solutions.
• Lovers of debate and rhetoric. Enjoy a good argument.
• Reason and logic are important to them.
• Nimble and youthful looking, even into later years.
• May have white-blond hair and appear quite fragile.
• May love horses and equestrian sports, but there is a danger of riding accidents.
• Like to be the centre of attention.
• Attracted to unusual events, even disasters, for their own amusement.
• In romance, they want to please their lovers and fear their lover becoming disillusioned with them.
• They can experience complex relationship problems.
• Tendency to become frustrated and bored.

Possible Themes

Preoccupation with the past.

Experience.

Vulnerability.

Playing roles.

Retirement.

Objects

A dagger; a hovel; a blackbird; a starling; a saddled horse without a rider, galloping; a beautiful foot; a bored woman; a dressing room full of costumes; a bathrobe.