Writing Prompt – With great power …

It’s Monday! Wahey!

OK … I appreciate that Monday isn’t most people’s favourite day of the week, so I thought I’d make today’s writing prompt a bit of fun.

So … if you could have a super power, what would it be? More importantly, what would you do with it?

Note – stories get GOOD when things go BAD for the characters. Try to find some downsides to your new power. Maybe you can fly but discover that you are scared of heights or suffer from air sickness! Perhaps you can become invisible but only for as long as you can hold your breath … Problems create conflict and tension in a story, and that's what keeps us turning the pages.

And don’t forget – with great power comes … (you know the rest!)

Have fun and don’t forget to design yourself a good outfit. “No capes darling …”

Writing Prompt – To be continued …

Writing Prompt – ABC …

Your challenge today is to write a story of no more than 26 words, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet … in order!

This one can be quite a laugh and produces some interesting and unexpected results! 

It might help to start by writing the letters of the alphabet across the top of a piece of paper, or screen. Then write a story where the first word begins with A, the second B, the third C, and so on.

Here are a couple of my attempts from earlier today – I’m sure you can do better:

A big cat drooled

Eager for grub

He insisted, "Just kill like me!"

Nice!

One plump queen rat

So tasty!
Unusually velvety whiskers

Xcellent!

Yawn

Zzzzzzz!

 

“AAAAAAAAGGH!” beasts cried

Deafening everyone.

Former guard, Harold

instinctively jumped

“Keep Low Miss! Not one peep!”

“Quiet,” Rachel suggested

tracking unseen vultures with x-rays

“Yikes, Zoos!!”

A bat came diving

Eerily floating

Gnashing her inky jaws

Killing little monsters noiselessly

One pounce quick!

Riding silent under velvet wings

X-raying …

Yelling Za-ha!

I’ll admit X and Z can be tricky (so I often cheat a bit, as above!), but give it a go. See if you can make something that makes sense using each letter once in the right order. 

Nonsense is OK too – just play with the words and see what happens. Like most of these prompts, this is just a spark to help get some words on paper. Once you have something down, you can do what you like with it. For example, you might want to add some extra words in the next draft to help it make sense, or rhyme.

For another challenge try one word for every letter but in any order you like! Will this be easier or harder? Try it and let me know.

Good luck!

Writing Prompt - IN THE BAG!

Today’s prompt is the start of a story. 

I have no idea what happens next. The only way to find out is to start writing …

Or draw a comic strip. Maybe start by drawing the opening I’ve written below, then carry on with the discovery of what is in the bag. 

Or write a poem, or make a video … whatever idea it sparks in you. After all, there could be anything in that bag …

IT STARTED like a million other Mondays. Sleepy. Late for school. A vague bad mood hovering. There was nothing to suggest that something was about to happen that would change my life forever.

            Then Mac leaned across my desk during registration. ‘Meet us by the bins at break,’ he said. ‘Got something to show you.’ The gleam in his eyes triggered a familiar shiver—one part excitement, one part dread.

            My stomach was jumping by the time I arrived at the back of the school kitchens two hours later. The others were already there—gathered around an old maroon Adidas kit bag, all scuffed up and covered in graffiti.

            ‘You dragged me here for that?’

Tash rolled her eyes. ‘Look inside,’ she said, grinning in a way that made me suspect I was being set-up.              

            All eyes were on me, so I shrugged like this was no biggie, then crouched over the bag, my guts squirming like a sack of snakes.

Knowing Mac, there could be ANYTHING in here—a dead cat, stolen booze, a live rat perhaps . . .

            I pulled back the zip, bracing myself not to react.

            I’ll be honest—of all the possibilities scrolling through my mind, none of them prepared me for what was actually inside.

            I swore. ‘Is that . . .?’

The Great Escape! Writing Prompts.

Hi folks,

I hope you and yours are well, and coping with these unusual and difficult times.

We might be physically confined to our homes at the moment, but stories provide a great way to escape. In stories we can go anywhere, at any time, with anyone!

With this in mind I thought I'd post a daily writing prompt in case they might be of interest to anyone looking for some ideas on how to fill these school and work-free days.

I'm hoping these prompts will provide a spark. Let your imagination run with them any way you like. Write a story, a poem, draw a comic strip, compose a song or a piece of music, make a video, an animated flick book, draw something, make a sculpture from pasta shells, blu-tack and unicorn tears – whatever idea drops into your head. (Just don't go outside hunting for unicorns, as I suspect that's on the forbidden list).

Most importantly – have some fun with it and I hope you'll feel a sense of freedom! Let me know how you get on. You can tag me on social media or contact via the usual place on my website.

Look after yourselves and each other.
Cheers,
Dave


WRITING PROMPT 240320 – THE GREAT ESCAPE
In stories we can go anywhere. If you could go anywhere right now – where would you go? Who would you go with? What would you do when you got there? 

PS. I'll post the next one around noon tomorrow.