A year of writing prompts: 4 May

How to use these prompts

Write about someone who is taking part in this event,
or someone who is watching it.
Does something out of the ordinary happen?

Prompts

1. May the Fourth be with you - it's Star Wars Day. Write a story set in the Star Wars universe featuring the characters, planets and/or technology.
2. "I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything." TH Huxley
3. It's Bird Day. Write a story featuring a bird - any type.
4. It is the feast day of Saint Florian, patron saint of firefighters. Write a story featuring a firefighter.
5. Around this time Join Hands Day is celebrated. This promotes appreciation between younger and older people. Write a story about a young person and an old person who learn to appreciate one another.

Character Names

Monica, Florian, Flora, Viola, Roy, Mona

Character Traits

• Hard working people who appreciate the value of a job well done and high quality work.
• Good sense of justice, honesty and fairness.
• May dedicate themselves to the service of others. May do charitable works quietly or anonymously without fuss.
• Clear and bright mind, perceptive judgement.
• May have a talent for writing or public speaking which they will channel into supporting political causes.
• Have magnetic personalities which command respect. They may have an almost psychic influence over other people. They could become mystics or hypnotists.
• Other possible careers include carpenter, salesman, electrician, healer or singer.
• May be drawn to the occult and be seekers of hidden knowledge.
• They may get so absorbed in their work that they shut out human contact and could even be reclusive.
• In love, they like to be the dominant one which may mean their marriages don't work out.
• Will remain active into later life.
• Danger from large animals.
• Danger from sunburn or exposure to weather.
• Can be voyeuristic.

Possible Themes

Protection against negative forces.

Honour, eminence.

Circulation.

Exploration.

Attachment.

Objects

Shellfish; measuring devices; a dark curtain; bunches of violets; a table.