http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com Writing prompts for speculative fiction writers of all ages. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:24:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great balls of fire . What’s a warm up? http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/great-balls-of-fire/ Updated every day of Nano. You may need to scroll down to see today’s prompt. I had a last minute NaNo inspiration that will help me. I tend to skip over description. So for each day of NaNo month I’ll send out a prompt to focus your attention on something you ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/27/a-month-of-nano-prompts/ Come up with enticing and scrumptious ways of describing food you’ll be eating. What if your descriptions were in competition with other family members’ to win the coveted right to present the Thanksgiving day feast? Or, if you’re doing Nano, have the characters declare a one day truce and each describe ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/26/a-scrumptious-word-feast/ Pick your favorite recipe. Your character has been planning to create this dish for quite some time as a special event or celebration. The dish can be grand but needn’t be — like the last ballpark hotdog with relish eaten with Dad, the “special” last maggoty meal the evil overlord ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/26/good-eats/ Sacred lie . What’s a warm up? http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/25/sacred-lie/ Have one of your characters write a letter to the main opposition describing why they need to stop what they’re doing. It could be the main character to the one standing in their way, the bad guy to the good guy, a minor character who can see both sides and is ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/24/give-it-a-rest/ Return of the phantom stranger . What’s a warm up? http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/23/return-of-the-phantom-stranger/ http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/22/lower-your-standards/ Simplest mistake . What’s a warm up? http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/21/simplest-mistake/ Moon baby . What’s a warm up? http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2009/11/20/moon-baby/