Sunday 22 December 2019

A year of writing prompts: 22 December

How to use these prompts


What is happening here?
How come there are a whole bunch of Santas swarming up this building?


Prompts

  1. Winter is here!
  2. "It's not so much which road you take, as how you take it." Charles de Lint
  3. Your character has been given the task of distributing gifts and/or food parcels to the poor families in their community.
  4. Write about an office Christmas party.
  5. In 2010, the zebra crossing in Abbey Road, the one the Beatles were photographed on, was given listed status. Write a story featuring either a zebra crossing, or something unusual getting listed status.


Character Names
Simon, Anastasia, Raphael, Donald, Leanne, Josh, Joshua, Honor, Adele, Nathaniel, Natalia


Character Traits
  • Intense, determined and mature with a piercing insight.
  • Their intelligence, adaptability and initiative will get them to responsible positions, but their success doesn't always last because there will be former friends who are jealous of their success.
  • Their weaknesses are indecisiveness and procrastination, so it may take them a while to decide what they want from life and may miss some great opportunities.
  • Don't always finish what they start.
  • People who will see a way to improve things, and don't hesitate to implement it.
  • Their careers and love lives don't always go smoothly. There could even be danger associated with their work or their relationships.



Possible Themes
Vocation.
Innate gifts and talents.
Teaching, study.
Historical records.
Sanctuary.



Objects
Three rose coloured windows in a Gothic church, one is damaged; a weathercock; a reed; a gold plated wisdom tooth; a revolving disc of light.




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