Monday 23 December 2019

A Year of writing prompts: 23 December

How to use these prompts

A couple steals a kiss at Christmas.
Who are they?
Does the kiss lead to anything more?



Prompts

  1. The Carol Singers.
  2. "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white." Bing Crosby
  3. "A Holiday for the Rest of Us."
  4. In 1987, Santa Claus was granted an audience with the Pope. Write about what they may have discussed. If you prefer, you can take another fictitious figure and give them an audience with the Pope. Or the Queen, if you prefer.
  5. Take a Christmas song, traditional or modern, and write the story behind it.



Character Names
Victoria, Tori, Mina, Jared, Jarrod, Addison


Character Traits
  • Robust and strong, able to fight off illnesses.
  • Relatively few enemies, and relatively few obstacles to happiness. Those they have are easily overcome. However, they often feel they have things too easy and something is bound to go wrong sooner or later, which conversely makes their life more difficult than it should be.
  • Tend to be wary and mistrusting of others.
  • Want to impress people with their social position.
  • Get frustrated because they cannot please all of the people all of the time.
  • Good sense of timing and knowing when to take action to get what they want.
  • Fond of horses and riding.
  • Tendency to feel isolated and socially withdrawn.

Possible Themes
Openness, eagerness.
Attraction and repulsion.
Convictions and beliefs.
Being confronted with what you most seek to run away from; karma.
Spiritual re-birth.


Objects

A snake; a chandelier; a dragon tree; a throne; a beacon; pepper; a human soul seeking embodiment.

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