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Competition begins in Sochi today, though the opening ceremonies are tomorrow. I’m rather excited–are you?
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: Less than a day ago, he’d been in the village, experiencing the crush of people and the thrill of all of it–all of that was a far cry from the pain of the here and now.
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Two more days until the Opening Ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics. Totally excited.
Today’s prompt recalls the last Olympic Games – Summer in London 2012. Folks who watched the games and the ceremonies may recognize it.
Prompt Type: Music Prompt
Prompt:
Music is “Rule the World” by Take That. Video courtesy of YouTube. Footage is from the Closing Ceremonies of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Happy Tuesday! We’ve had pretty wordy prompts for the past few days, so it’s time to change it up a little.
Prompt Type: Image
Prompt:
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Another Monday, but this week’s special — the Sochi Olympics start this week! I’m from a family that adores the Olympics and I’m just as excited this year as I’ve been in past years. The Winter Olympics are my favorite and sometimes–sometimes–I think every four years just isn’t enough.
Today’s prompt is another using Kim Freimoeller’s Inspiration Dice.
Prompt type: Genre, setting, character, and plot seed
Prompt: A fiction piece (any genre) where an anti-hero must triumph with the help of a passing traveler.
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Happy Imbolc / Groundhog’s Day / Super Bowl Sunday for folks who care. I plan on getting some work done while I hang out with the family and watch the game (and the attendant commercials).
Hopefully, you’re planning on doing some writing before gridiron (if you’re the type who cares about American football). Here’s your prompt for the day.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: I’d walked through hell and then back again to get here and I’d be even more damned than I already was if I was going to let someone stand in my way.
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And on to February. Congratulations, you’ve made it through the first month of prompts and emerged into the second.
Another character development prompt for today–hopefully you learned something new about your character back on Day 21 that you were able to use.
Prompt Type: Character development
Prompt: Pick one of your secondary characters that’s important to your main character. Just like you did for your main character, imagine what this character was doing ten years ago. Write a scene set in that time period and see where it takes you.
When I did this with General Jackson Hunter from the Epsilon universe, I realized that he was a lot more important to Aaron Taylor than Aaron realized. You may end up realizing the same thing.
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Last day of January, last prompt of the first month and it’s a new prompt type. Make it count!
Prompt Type: Quotation
Prompt: Write a scene inspired by the following quote. It could be set in the time period when the quote was spoken, could involve the quote itself, or could simply be inspired by the theme of the quote.
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
— Winston Churchill
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