Yup. You heard right. Happy dancing like drunken penmonkeys at an ecstatic orgy where the goddess Brigit is giving out free samples from her cauldron. The Cauldron. So slurp it up and write with fervor here are a handful more of writing prompts:
1. Your point of view character wakes up in the middle of the night to a sound like a canon ball being shot in the bedroom and discovers a gun toting, pen wielding Hunter S. Thompson in the bedroom who demands that your point of view character get the hell out of bed and start writing. Life is short, the world is large, and there are things to discover. He asks, “Do you think all those chicks in Hollywood really have blonde hair and tits like zeppelins? Do you really think that all those CEOs aren’t working a conspiracy? And what the f**k do you think they put in the water?” What does your point of view character do?
2. Your point of view character is in a car accident in which she gets knocked unconscious when her head hits the steering wheel. When she becomes conscious, she intuitively knows the psychology, history, and thoughts of everyone she meets. She knows that Diane secretly eats chocolate chip cookie dough at midnight after lighting cinnamon scented candles and putting her Celine Dion cd on. She knows Mike grew up in Milwaukee, had a three-legged golden retriever named Wonderdawg, and wanted to draw comic books about the adventures of Mighty Millicent the Millipede before becoming an admin assistant. She knows Juan wears red lace panties under his Carhardts and loves Rita Hayworth movies. She sees a man and he is thinking of… What does she do with this knowledge?
3. “Time is a thief who slips in without notice and before you know it, life is gone,” says the old man with the rheumy eyes. He grabs your point of view character’s hand in one of his ancient, talon-like hands and adds, “I was young once. Don’t work too hard. Tell people you love them. Stay in contact with your friends. Have fun. The darkness comes.” And then he dies while your point of view character watches. Your point of view character has the distinct feeling that dead is dead, no afterlife. What does he do?
4. Your point of view character finds a strange coin on the sidewalk. After bending to pick it up, he straightens and finds a handsome man in a three piece pin stripe suit directly in front of him who demands the coin. The point of view character says that he found it first. The Devil looks at your point of view character and says that the point of view character really doesn’t want that coin, but he will let him keep it. What happens? What does the coin do?
5. The gypsy turns over The Lovers card followed by The Death card and looks at your point of view character and says, “You have the opportunity to know great love, to be in love, deep love, but it will break your heart and leave you at Death’s door. But no fate is sealed. You can decide not to fall in love. Run away from love. It is your choice.” What does your point of view character do? What happens next?
Stay-tuned more writing prompts here tomorrow. Joining me in this writing frenzy is Jo-anne Odell whose blog with more writing prompts can be found at http://jmodell.blogspot.com/
We are like this crazy Ginzu knife package of writing and writing prompts! Let the creativity flow!