Saturday, 4 May 2013

Writing Prompts

There's only two rules; it has to be a thousand words, and you have to enjoy it. Obviously, if we don't get something done; it's not going to be so much of a shocker but just try your best, alright?
One thing however - don't feel compelled to take the perspective I've presented you with; make your own. Change it up! Make it bizarre - give me your interpretation.

1. What would happen if an asteroid struck Earth? Any perspective is permitted, any ideals, any time-zone.
2. Romance. Sad - happy? Your choice!
3. Pick a genre and and write an interpretation of your favourite fairy tale! Twisted fairy tales are simply the best.
4. The most amazing room in the world... and you, or someone you know has access to it. Ensue; a story!
5. What happened when Pandora opened the box? Bring on the horror; the romance, whatever you feel like this week!
6. A story from the perspective of evil. Any evil; a person, a sin, a deed. Reason it out; show whether it is ridiculous or makes sense.
7. Controversial issues. Not something necessarily that you agree on that no else does; but a topic that causes a lot of arguments within your country, your friends, your family.
8. Pushed into the dystopian future. What's happening - when are you? As abstract as you want or even as detailed.
9. The creation of the world. Were you present? Someone you know? Did they get pictures? Any perspective; any ideologies, so on and so forth.
10. Are you worth it? A story about someone's self-worth, of someone's conflict or assurance.
11. Steam Punk - what's your perception of steam punk? Here's a sentence to start you off; 'Dragons stalk the street, puffing out smoke and clattering their mechanical wings'. Use it within your story or as an inspiration.
12. Out into the universe. There's so much - quasars, neutron stars, science, emotions.
13. Adopt a suicidal mind frame. Tell your story through the perspective of someone else or the suicidal person themself. Reason out their thoughts; is it truly valid?
14. A life lesson.
15. "It hurts because it matters."
16. Tell a story through an inanimate object. What does the door think of the weeping child? What does the laptop feel about its abusive owner?
17. You wake up one morning and everyone's missing. There are no life forms to be found; it's you, only you wandering through your life.
18. "Out of the corner of your eye, you see a shadow. Yet when you turn swiftly, there's nothing to be found for it."
19. You're shipwrecked on another planet. The rest of your crew had died; you had just managed to make it. Is this planet habitable? Is it already inhabited? By what - or who?
20. Super secret missions. Did you accidentally walk into one or were you already involved?
21. Telling a story of you or someone you know getting a complete stranger to smile. To laugh. To feel proud about living.
22. What if the currency was made up of memories? How does this work? Do you lose them? Do they have to be material? Who would be the true beggars of the world? Would discrimination still exist via social class?
23. You're at school when there's suddenly an alarm; someone or something has broken it. Fantasy or reality. Sadness or happiness. What's it to be?
24. You meet yourself. Someone meets themself. Any perspective. Yet old and new must collide.
25. An invention. A good invention? A bad invention? Your choice; your story.
26. Losing your mind. What happens when your friend starts to get distanced? When they mean the world to you? Optimism or pessimism?
27. Something in second person. Make it creepy; make it funny. Yet it's a new style.
28. Slightly cliched - the world ending. Does it happen - how? Why? Who?
29. If humans were solitary creatures. If friends were ridiculously difficult to make. If you had no relationships that really mattered.
30. A heterophobic world. Inspired by http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3ROXTFfkcfo
31. Who are the real monsters? Fantasy, realistic, romantic, whichever.
32. There's a forbidden wall. What's beyond it? Will cowardice keep you away from it?
33. Disappearances. What's really out there? Or is it simply kidnappings yet again?
34. Someone you could save if you'd sacrifice yourself. Is sacrificing yourself to something that will bring you pleasure that bad though?
35. Living underneath the water. Humans or unbeknownst creatures? Set in...?
36. What if we ran out of water? If it was so precious; so rare that it was common to kill for it?
37. A character from a book comes alive. Theories? What happened - what will happen with this character? Is it possible to return them?
38. You find a male in your bed upon returning home. Quite attractive, dangerous eyes, and a deadly smirk. Hate at first sight? Reactions?
39. "Look at what you made me do..."
40. A perfect world. How would it work? Is it really so perfect?
41. War rages around you. More of a free-style story, yet you're given a backdrop.
42. A fanfiction. Yes, we do need to indulge. Is there a familiar blue box in your backyard? Two strange men knocking on your door about the weird noises in your house? Or maybe a detective sticking his unwanted nose into your business? A skeleton? A prodigy?
43. Everytime you dream; you're living someone else's life. There are more bodies than souls. There are three people to one soul these days. It all depends on sleep patterns but are there further implications? Unwanted echoes? Does your society know of this?
44. "It's not wise to reveal your name in this sort of place."
45. What if Earth wasn't run by humans, rather humans were slaves of the true inhabitants?
46. The Bermuda Triangle - fantasy, as opposed to hard, solid facts.
47. Choose one of your favourite photographs from the internet and write about it. Do include the photo, love.
48. A zombie plague; humans becoming cannibals and you're running for your life.
49. Certain places in the world where there is no concept of gravity.
50. The first person in the world who died...
51. A world with an inversion of values. Good is bad, and vice versa.
52. Emotions. Hard, blinding, tear-jerking emotions. Portray them in any way possible.

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