watching down on us
Here's a fun one I did on Critique Circle:
Look around your room at all the stuff in it. Now imagine some archaeologist from the distant future is doing an expedition in your room. Write about the scientist's research from his/her perspective.
edited 22nd May '11 7:02:59 PM by annebeeche
Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.
I got an interesting one from the speedwriting team I was on back in 2008. It may not be my thing, but this prompt was interesting, now that I think about it.
There were three, but now there's only one.
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
His wings felt cramped inside their new shell.
This phrase just popped into my head. Use that phrase and write about a man who is a bug, but don't reference Kafka or Metamorphosis.
GO
edited 22nd May '11 9:30:53 PM by OriDoodle
Doodles
Street Writing Man
Her entire life was a lie.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
All his life, he'd had rotten timing, and today was no exception.
That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Someone believes he has found God in his backpack.
If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied -Rudyard Kipling
Title: The Day I Taught a Goat to Dance.
How about we also post what we do with some of these prompts?
edited 24th May '11 10:55:31 AM by Ettina
If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
Old tricks are the best tricks:
Once upon a time...
This is still a signature.
See ALL the stars!
Coming from the other direction, ...and that is why I'm covered in lemon juice.
Da Rules excuse all the inaccuracy in the world. Listen to them, not me.
He woke up to find his hotel room covered in scrawling, black handwriting.
edited 24th May '11 12:54:45 PM by TeraChimera
After years of experience, being eaten alive had become routine.
edited 30th May '11 7:31:15 AM by fruitpork
The only way I can rationalize what I just had to go through is that God really does exist, and he believes I'm the devil in disguise.
Matkaopas
There's a little red bag in my room, and sometimes when I look back, the little red bag is gone.
"You wanna know about the strangest night I ever done saw?"
tout est sacré pour un sacreur (Avatar by Rappu!)
The Puzzler
The greatest pain is the one I never had.
Has ADD, plays World of Tanks, thinks up crazy ideas like children making spaceships for Hitler. Occasionally writes them down.
The time machine had one small flaw...
He woke up screaming.
The Puzzler
His past was his future.
Has ADD, plays World of Tanks, thinks up crazy ideas like children making spaceships for Hitler. Occasionally writes them down.
She knew their love would never work out, but she didn't care.
Also known as Katz
There was a lot more blood than she had expected.*
I'd never liked Red Bull, but I chugged down the contents of the can anyway. Time was of the essence and I couldn't afford the luxury of sleep.
What's the point in giving up when you know you'll never stop anyway?
I watched as the sky opened up in a bright cloud of purple cosmic energy.
The flame design on his leather jacket reflected his personality. He shone bright with passion and energy. But fire has another side; a paradoxal one of fragility and destructiveness. And in the end, it burns itself out.
edited 22nd Jun '11 3:51:21 PM by Xandriel
What's the point in giving up when you know you'll never stop anyway?
How could we not have this?
So, this is easy. Just think up a writing prompt. It can be as short as a phrase, or a whole situation. Just type it out for the forum to see. No one needs to respond to yours, but you should say if you pick it up.
Now...the first one:
It was just a normal September day, except...