http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com Writing prompts for speculative fiction writers of all ages. Thu, 15 May 2008 13:19:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s the set up: Two Chinese lovers are traveling to Europe in a damp meadow. The smell of saffron fills the air; someone with horns approaches Take it from there. . . The idea was generated by “Writer’s Idea Bank“, which is a widget for a Google Homepage. I don’t see anything at the website that allows ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/15/the-smell-of-saffron-fills-the-air/ One of the following was overheard at a coffee shop. Use it to inspire the real story behind the statement or what the effect was on the one who overheard. “I was raised by two lesbians in drag.” “Come on, come on, listen to the mommy dogs.” “Silence like a casserole.” “I was Barney ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/13/i-was-raised-by-two-lesbians-in-drag/ http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/11/writing-is-a-cop-out/ Though you can see it from everywhere in the city, people won’t speak of it and it’s airbrushed from official photos. Set a story there. (When you’re done, if you want to see the tale of the real building, click the picture.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/08/hidden-in-plain-sight/ Two childhood best friends: KaiKai is outgoing, Eilian reserved. They decide to form a group and bring in two others to round out their talents: Gan and Rio. (It can be any group you want: fighters for hire, monster slayers, fortune tellers, musicians, dancers, samurai, exterminators, party hosts …) KaiKai ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/twos-company/ http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/04/if-youre-not-failing/ Though the Weekly World News is no more, here’s the headlines from the archives of City Newstand in Chicago, for writing prompts or just for fun :-) Top 10 Tabloid Headlines from MAY 1998 DOG SWALLOWS SHEEP — SUN Porcupine falls head over heels in love — with a broom! — WWN One-armed man ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/01/top-10-tabloid-headlines-for-may-2008/ Probably not the quote he wanted remembered for, but it has obviously been speaking to people for over a millennium and a half. ;-) Use the quote as the first line, last line, somewhere in the middle or just for inspiration. (Did I cover all the possibilities? ;-) O Lord, help me ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/05/01/time-and-a-place/ Cut up the following words, mix them up and choose 8 randomly. Play around with combinations. Pick a few more until you find something you like. The write free verse (no need to rhyme or stick to a particular length of line) using your words somewhere in the poem. (Feel free ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/alien-angel/ For today’s poetry prompt imagine you’re a creature or thing. What’s it like to be a television or your cat or a cloud or a record album or a fish in a tank … The children took the idea in many different directions: interviews, imagining what the answers would be, ... http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/be-the-ball/