Friday Prompt: Musical Inspiration

Often we can be inspired by a piece of music. Check out the music video below and watch it a couple of times close your eyes and really get a feel for the beat and lyrics. Then pull out a blank page and tell us a story inspired by the music. Minimum word count 500.

Friday Prompt: The Hunt

It's Black Friday the most dreaded day of the year for retail workers and the most looked forward to by bargin hunters. Today let's have some fun and write a flash fiction of any length about the hunt for an elusive gift item. Ready, set, write it!

Friday prompt: Visual

Take the visual prompt below and write a short story of at least 800 words. Have fun!

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Thursday Prompt: The yellow brick road leads to....

This week I'm challenging you with a photo prompt. Write a flash fiction of 500 words or more inspired by the photo below. Where does this road lead to? What's waiting at the end or inside the fog at the edges? Is it a dangerous journey or are your travelers safe as long as they stay on the yellow brick road?

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Thrusday Prompt: Junk Drawer Challenge

This week we're going to have a fun challenge and maybe find a few things we forgot we owned! It's time for a Junk Drawer Challenge! Every house or office has at least one. It might be a box, closet or other container instead of a drawer, but I can say for certain we all have a junk catcher somewhere. :)

For this challenge, you are going to go to that drawer full of inspiration and open it up. Don't take time to study the contents. Don't even look in the drawer if you're sure there's nothing dangerous to your fingers inside. You have five seconds to pick up three objects from different locations in the drawer. Yup, only five seconds. That keeps you from taking too much time or thinking about what you're picking up. You want your story inspirations to be purely random objects. Go on and grab your treasures I'll be waiting right here.

*Whistles and waits while you pick out your junk... er treasures.* Oh good you're back! Now let's sit down at the computer or with a notebook and examine your finds. Look at each object and think about what a character would do with it or use it for. Don't linger too long here just take five minutes or so to let your muse wonder on this.

Once the time is up open up a shiny new page and start writing using each of the objects in your story. You can use any genre or wordcount for this one. Most important have fun with it! Okay get writing I'm going to go raid my junk drawer for inspiration!

Thursday Prompt: Grab Bag

Happy Thursday! It's that time again! Let's have some fun with a grab bag of 15 words to use in a 1500 word flash fiction. The goal is to use all of the words in the randomly generated grab bag below in your story. The words can not be altered from their present form. They can be capitalized, that is the only alteration, but, can be used in any order. Ready? Okay here's your grab bag list check them out then get started on your next adventure.

Grab Bag list 

automobile
dandelion
description
Brazil
film
catcall
driven
proposition
authentic
intensity
dedicated
obsolete
risk
plantation
rose

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Thurday Prompt: Visual Prompt

This week we're challenging you to put your imagination to work creating a story from the image below. Minimum 350 word count, in any genre. Now what are you waiting for take a gander at the image and let's see what your muse comes up with :)

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Thursday Prompt: Grab bag

This week we're going to challenge you to write a 1,500 word minimum flash fiction of any genre you like using the following list of words in your story. The words and their tenses can not be altered you must use them as is. Some of these are real wing-dingers that will be a blast to use. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Just post a link to your story in the comments of this blog or the post on our FB page :) Now here's your list!

Grab Bag Story List:

Paparazzi
Global
Watched
Studebaker
Gingerbread
Newspaper Stand
Capture
Curtain
Email
Options
Dive
Chandelier

Thursday Prompt: Caged

Today we are challenging you to write a story from the point of view of an animal or creature in a cage. A hamster, bird, lion, maybe a fish in a tank or fish bowl. Your story can be silly, serious, or a combination of the two. Think about the point of view. What does a bird see from its perch? Does a hamster care that his owner is a goth who listens to loud death rock? Is the lion tired of eating stew and would like to have a bite of Stu?  Possibilities are endless with this point of view. So get writing and have fun! Minimum word count of 500 words.

Thursday Prompt: Camp Fire Stories

It's summer time a great time to pack your tent and head to the woods for some time away from technology and get back in tune with nature. Oh and make s'mores! Camping has many traditions but the best known tradition is telling stories around the campfire. Some are funny others are meant to make you zip your sleeping bag all the way up for safety.

Today we're going to have a little fun creating our own campfire legends. Here is a list of campfire songs to inspire your story. You can use the song title or theme in your story. It must be at least 500 words. Can't wait to hear your tales as we roast some marshmallows! Now here's that list.

“House of the Rising Sun” – The Animals
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” – John Denver
“Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” – Harry Belafonte
 "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"
"Cat Came Back"
"Boa Constrictor"

Google song title for the full lyrics. There are many other campsongs to use out ther so if none of these spark an idea try searching for more. Have fun and don't let your s'mores get cold. :)

Thrusday Prompt: Audio

Sounds and music can be very inspirational. Music can help us get into the mood for a certain scene or spark a character or plot. For this story exercise sit back and close your eyes after hitting play on the piece below. Listen to it at least twice before you set your muse free on the page. What does it inspire? A car chase? A battle of wizards? Two crazy teens on skateboards taking over the town?

Have fun and write a story of at least 350 words inspired by the music below. 

Thursday Prompt: Superheroes

This week we're going to have a bit of fun playing with superhero fantasy.  Create an original superhero using the questionnaire below. Then write a story introducing your hero or heroine to the world with a minimum word count of 500 words.

The Mighty Isis

Superhero/heroine Questionaire

Name:
Species: (human, alien, animal and so on)
From: (from earth or another planet or plane of existence?)
Superpower/s:
How did they get their power/s?
Do they have a base of operations? ie the Batcave
Are they part of a group?
Do they have an alias?
Do they hold a day job as their alias?
What is their weakness? ie Superman's Kryptonite


There you have it a short formula for creating a superhero/heroine. Now get busy saving the world or universe! :) Need a little inspiration or a place for ideas? Try here the Superhero Database

Thursday Prompt: One Dollar Mystery

Use the scenario below to begin your story, answer the questions as you write to reveal the mystery, adventure, horror or other genre. Word count minimum is 1,000 words. Good luck and have fun!

You’re at your favorite department store buying a birthday present for a friend. As the cashier
gives you change, you notice a message with specific instructions scribbled on one of the
bills. What do the instructions say? Do you carry them out and if so, how?

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