It’s that time of year again! I’ll be posting a prompt a day up until 24th December. See if any of these inspire a prose piece, a poem, a blog post, a drawing…? I’ll be doing these too and will post some of my work up on Twitter (@GraceHaddon). Merry writing!
- The protagonist of the last film you watched and the last book you read go for a Christmas coffee together. How does that play out?
- Someone is making a cup of tea. Make it interesting.
- Your protagonist is burying something. (Literally? Figuratively? Both…?)
- Make a favourite food disgusting or a hated food delicious.
- Not all dragons hoard gold…
- What is the “perfect” murder?
- Someone is eating cake in the bathroom.
- “It looked like a normal house, except the whole thing was built from blocks of…”
- The object closest to your left hand is your only weapon against the zombie in your house. Distract, attack or escape?
- A six-word text message that could ruin someone’s life..
- Make a birthday party scary.
- Your protagonist wakes up one morning to find they can talk to plants.
- A character who is your exact opposite experiences an ordinary day in your life.
- Describe your dinner plate but convince us it’s a planet.
- Green snow.
- Your greatest skill is now your superpower.
- A vampire bites your pet parrot.
- You can skip ten minutes of your life but only once. When do you use it?
- On mobile, type “The story of” and let predictive text title your next masterpiece.
- It’s 200 years into the future. What can scientists grow on trees?
- What is the opposite of your current job (or your dream job)?
- Rearrange the lyrics of a song to make a poem or story.
- The seven deadly sins attend a Christmas party…
- If your favourite beverage was a person… make a character!
Thoughts?