Sunday 17 November 2019

A year of writing prompts: 21 November

How to use these prompts

What is heppening here?



Prompts

  1. It's World Hello Day. Your character says hello to a stranger in the street and it changes their life forever.
  2. "There are two classes of travel - first class and with children." Robert Benchley
  3. The current astrological sign is Scorpio. Write a story featuring a scorpion.
  4. On this date a woman called Hetty Green was born. She became known as the Witch of Wall Street, a financial wizard and millionaire, However, she wore the same dress for years and refused to turn her heating on. Write a story about a miser.
  5. Longfellow's first poem, The Battle of Lovell's Pond was published in his local paper. He was 13. Lovell's pond seems an unlikely thing to be battled over. Write an account of a battle over something seemingly insignificant. Perhaps it really is insignificant and it's only local children who are fighting; or it could be something that is a lot more significant than it sounds and sparks a full-scale war between countries.

Character Names
Albert, Alberta, Oliver, Jonas, Honorius, Rhiannon, Rex, Elvira, Konrad, Helga, Olga


Character Traits
  • Popular, attracting many friends but at the same time attract jealousy and personal attacks.
  • Noble and sincere.
  • Love of and aptitude for fine arts.
  • Talkative,
  • Good with numbers and details.
  • Have many interests and find it hard to devote themselves to any one thing.
  • Quick and adaptable, but restless.
  • Men will enjoy athletics.
  • Devoted to home and family, but also do good works outside the home, working for and giving to charity.
  • They may have had a difficult early life; there may yet be a skeleton in their closet.
  • Preoccupied with sex or power.
  • Large physical features.
  • May be psychic.
  • Danger from infectious diseases, theft, assaults, blindness, bigotry.


Possible Themes
Malice.
Creativity and inspiration.
Strategy.
Repulsiveness.


Objects

A game of chess; a temple; a ram; drawing instruments; black and white dragons; the goddess of mercy.



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