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Another Monday, another work week–and another prompt.
Prompt Type: Toolbox
Prompt: Come up with a character who might have the following array of items in a purse, backpack, their trunk, etc–then write a scene in which they use some (or all) of these items to save the day.
Got a suggestion for a prompt? Contact Erin at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
First full day of competition at the Sochi Olympics today! I’m wicked excited and I get to watch it all (we get a selection of NBC networks and CBC to boot!).
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.
Olympics for me is love, peace, united.
— Jackie Chan
Got a suggestion for a prompt? Contact Erin at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Opening ceremonies for the Sochi Olympics today. Some folks are not really excited to see the opening ceremonies, but my mom and I are stoked (we’re both into Russian history).
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.
The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
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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
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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.
Got a suggestion for a prompt? Contact Erin at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
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
Got a suggestion for a prompt? Contact Erin at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.
Almost at the end of January now, and in a few more days it’ll be one month down, 11 to go.
Another image prompt today, another picture I took on a lovely trip east to a place I’d go back to again if I had a chance to explore more of the city and take more pictures.
Prompt Type: Image prompt
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