A year of writing prompts: 23 November

How to use these prompts

Who are these people?
Where has the owner of the suitcase been,
or where are they going?

Prompts

1. "Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets." Roald Dahl
2. Harpo Marx, the one who never spoke, was born on this date in 1888. Write a story about a character who never speaks. Are they unable to, or do they just choose not to?
3. The first jukebox appeared in a San Francisco saloon in 1889. Write a story featuring a jukebox.
4. Pillar boxes (mail boxes if you're American) also made their first appearance on this date in 1852. Write a story featuring one. Perhaps your character is racing against time to catch the postal collection. Perhaps s/he is a postman/woman who empties a pillar box and finds something unexpected inside.
5. "Thank goodness for that!"

Character Names

Clement, Ismo, Clementina, Adele, Savannah, Buddy, Cheyenne, Dakota, Felicity, Rachel, Clarence

Character Traits

• Melancholic and resigned to suffering in life. Suffer in silence, accepting everything fate throws at them.
• Have a hard and difficult life with lots of changes forced on them.
• Females will be disappointed with their marriages and find motherhood a burden.
• Males are likely to be widowed or abandoned.
• May be drawn to a religious life, practising austerity and seeking knowledge.
• May end up caring for family members or others who are in poor health or suffering misfortune. They will do this willingly but may not be of much practical help.
• Musical or artistic.
• Love refined art and the sublime in nature.
• Interest in photography.
• Do their best at work, gradually working their way up.
• Careful with possessions.
• Learn languages quickly.
• Enjoy sailing and travel.
• Have dull, boring voices.
• May work in a university or research institute, possibly in a job connected with under water.
• Danger of aeroplane accidents.
• There may be a connection to black magic which causes them problems.
• May suffer from insomnia.

Possible Themes

Sharpness and keenness.

Independent women; women in general

Mothers. 

Watchfulness; patient observation.

Objects

An owl; a cradle; a lyre; dark clouds; fog; a ship; a large tree.