Sunday 19 May 2019

A Year of Writing Prompts: 20 May

How to use these prompts


How did these chairs come to be here in the woods?
Imagine people are sitting on them.
What conversation might they have?



Prompts

  1. "The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him." Cher
  2. It's Be a millionaire day. Write a story about someone who is, or who becomes, a millionaire.
  3. It's weights and measures day. Write about someone whose job is to weigh or to measure something.
  4. In 1310, shoes for the left and right feet were first made. Write a story featuring shoes.
  5. Write a story entitled "The May Ball".


Character Names
Carolina, Lily, Bernard, Bernadette, Bernie, Felicia, Alfreda, Benny


Character Traits
  • Like luxury and beautiful things.
  • Likely to invest in the latest labour saving technology.
  • Love the outdoors.
  • Distinguished and concerned with restoring things for posterity.
  • Likely to promote advances in healthcare, especially ones involving cutting-edge technology.
  • Early life may be difficult, but supportive relatives or friends get them through it. Their early experiences stand them in good stead later on.
  • May be artistic, musical or good at acting. May choose acting as a career.
  • Have a love of mankind but can be judgemental.
  • Can be philanthropists with a strong sense of responsibility; but they can equally be self-centred.
  • Honest and direct.
  • Imaginative and sensitive, possibly with a psychic gift.
  • Have a noble mission to accomplish but there will be constraints and limitations.
  • Pay close attention to personal grooming.
  • Could become mediators or enter a field working with eyes.
  • May have bad eyesight, or be at risk of blindness or injuries to the face.
  • Could be exiled or imprisoned.
  • Can be proud and conceited.

Possible Themes
Vision, both physical and psychic. Blind spots.
Reincarnation; karma.
Redemption.
Pride.
Castles and old buildings.


Objects

A peacock; an old castle; a life-boat; a sofa; a huge stone rolling down a mountain.

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