Saturday 30 November 2019

A year of writing prompts: 30 November

How to use these prompts

Who made this?
What is its significance to its maker or perhaps a wider group?


Prompts

  1. "He who lives more lives than one, more deaths than one must die." Oscar Wilde
  2. It's St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland. Write a story set in Scotland or with a Scottish theme.
  3. George - don't do that.
  4. In 1222, people reported seeing dragons over the city of London. Soon after there was a severe thunderstorm, so probably it was merely lightning. But what if they had been real dragons? What if real dragons appeared over a modern city today?
  5. Your character has just won the Miss World Contest. How does the year of her reign change her life?


Character Names
Andrea, Andor, Andre, Andrew, Andy, Drew, Maura, Maureen, Anders


Character Traits
  • Males are fond of athletic sports such as skating, boxing or water sports. They are likely to be involved with some kind of practical art work.
  • Females may use sex or flattery to get what they want.
  • Home loving, possibly too attached to their home comforts.
  • Methodical, find breaking from routine difficult.
  • Can be obsessed by dark forces.
  • Ambitious, and may trample on others to get where they want to be.
  • Make affectionate partners and parents, but are possessive and crave attention. Adultery is possible.
  • Have a phobia of illness and are preoccupied with their health.
  • Interested in mythology, poetry, drama and parapsychology.
  • Tend to get frustrated if they find no constructive outlet for their excess energy.
  • People are often annoyed by their tendency to contradict themselves when talking.
  • Involved with the local community.
  • Danger of loss of property, accidents, racism.
  • May be involved with propaganda in some way.

Possible Themes
Instability.
Overindulgence.
Fullness and ripeness.
The slow burning way.
Idealism and national pride.


Objects

A goat; a crowing rooster; an apple tree; a grinning skull; a coiled serpent; icicles melting.


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