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Holy snap, it’s March. When did that happen?
It’s also Day 60! Thanks for sticking with me this long. Today’s prompt is another opening line–do with it what you will.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: The sky blackened and the winds picked up, a frightful chill in the air sank straight into his bones as the world suddenly changed.
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Yay! We made it to Friday!
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 learns with the help of an unexpected gift.
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Thursday! One more day before the work week’s done.
Here’s your prompt for today to keep you busy while I fight to finish the main body of The Measure of Dreams.
Prompt Type: Music Prompt
Prompt:
Music is “Let it Go” from Disney’s Frozen. Yes, I am obsessed with this song like everyone else. Video courtesy of YouTube.
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Happy Wednesday! Halfway through the work week for a lot of us.
Bringing back a prompt today that we haven’t seen since January. Hopefully, you’ll find it inspiring.
Prompt Type: Character Development
Prompt: Think about your antagonist/villain and what motivates them. Boil it down to one vice or virtue–love, greed, envy, fear, hope, etc.–that drives what they do.
Now change it up. How would your villain be different if hope motivated them? Write a character sketch or scene detailing how hope motivates the actions of your antagonist/villain.
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Everyone survived Monday, yay!
On to Tuesday’s prompt.
Prompt Type: Image prompt
Prompt:
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Back to the daily grind today. It almost doesn’t feel like reality except for the fact that sometimes it feels too much like reality.
Like I do every year around this time of year, I’ve begun thinking about going back to school for an MFA or maybe my Ph.D. This feeling will likely fade and then resurface again in September.
Here’s an opening line prompt to start your week with.
Prompt Type: Opening line
Prompt: It was all so incredibly vast and unfamiliar–the crowds rushing around him, the buildings looming. It was as if the entire world was in a hurry, trying not to be late for fear that the very foundations of their existence would crumble and the city would topple if they ran just an instant behind.
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Yesterday was the last day of Desert Nights, Rising Stars and I’m sad to see it end. It was another awesome conference and I’m glad that I went.
Flying back to Michigan from Arizona today–back to the freezer, right?
Here’s a prompt to keep you busy while I’m traveling.
Prompt type: Image prompt
Prompt:
Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.