A Year of writing prompts: 20 October

How to use these prompts

What is happening here?
What does the man in the doorway do about it?

Prompts

1. "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." Charles Dudley Warner
2. The Beginning of the Aftermath.
3. Return to Sender.
4. In 1966, the day before the Aberfan disaster, where a landslide of coal waste engulfed a school, a nine your old girl had a dream that her school was lost under something black that had come down all over it. Write a story in which a child has a disturbing dream, which comes true.
5. The world's largest aquarium opened in California in 1984. Write a story set in an aquarium.

Character Names

Irena, Cleopatra, Cleveland, Effie, Camilla, Sybil, Adelina, Adele, Leonid, Kasper

Character Traits

• Dislike being in the spotlight and will turn a blind eye to things, in spite of their principles, in order to maintain peace and solitude in their lives. Prefer to work alone.
• This doesn't mean they don't want human interaction at all. They will go to great lengths to maintain personal relationships.
• Seekers after knowledge, likely to become experts in their fields, although unlikely to be wealthy or successful. If they do achieve success it will be later in life.
• Some are daydreamers and a little lazy, happy to do just enough in order to survive. Others, however, are perfectionists with organisational and leadership skills.
• May be religious or political. Interested in philosophy.
• Not active or sporty.
• Can be moody.
• Good judges of character, to the extent of being a little psychic.
• Suffer more than their fair share of losses and bereavements.
• Romantic and idealistic.
• Dislike progress and change, and can be obstinate, inflexible and rigid.
• Likely to put on weight.
• May choose a career helping children or less fortunate people.
• Can suffer financial problems if they are not careful.

Possible Themes

Passing down of possessions and knowledge.

History.

Philosophy.

Building bridges.

Objects

A deep pond; a thick wood; a book; a solar eclipse; a priestess; a serpent; a chalice; a consciousness expanding drug; a raven; a black rooster.