- MC is asked “What would you have me do?”
- A dog sitting on a stoop with a cigarette in its mouth.
- A guitar case in one hand, a bag of Chinese takeout in the other.
- Getting unstuck: change (or remove) a character’s religious beliefs.
- A couple repainting a bedroom together.
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- Use the following words: unending, remain, mirrors, smaller, differences
- Describe drawing a diagram to help figure something out.
- Write about a shift in balance.
- Her nails are short but her hair is long.
- Work with your MC’s perceived greatest weaknesses… are they true?
- A plate of chocolate-dipped strawberries and Jello shots.
- “I told you it was rotten. You wouldn’t listen. Now look what’s happened.”
- She returns early from the groomer because they’re out of pink dye.
- An antique globe, smashed into seven pieces.
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- Use the following five words: smoldering, diagonal, which, crossed, light.
- Time marches forward. Or does it?
- Write about being unable to apologize.
- “Even for a five year old, he’s remarkably stubborn.”
- Get unstuck: your MC discovers a letter/email thought to have been lost.
- Snow falling past an orange-bulbed streetlamp.
- A bartender closing up on St Patrick’s Day finds a loose $100 bill.
- MC on holiday desperate to discover the local delicacy.
- Celebrating her half-birthday, Lucy demands a two-tier cake.
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- Use the following words: matches, chalk, wrong, geometry, fewer (bonus word: incommensurability)
- Write about choosing a personal crisis.
- Fill in the blanks: “I’ve got ____ but I’m not a _____”
- Open a story with a sudden & unexpected change in the weather.
- MC quotes a movie to someone who doesn’t get the reference.
- Write what you don’t usually write: fiction, poetry, essay, CNF, etc.
- A cloud of violently yellow smoke fills the train.
- Two children digging in a sandbox suddenly scream and run away.
- “After this, I’m off to Jamaica and, no, I’m not bringing you a souvenir,”
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- Use the following five words: turned, overhead, maybe, exact, towards.
- Write about being interrupted.
- Use the phrase, “If all else fails, read the instructions.”
- “That’s the most evil-looking cat I’ve ever seen, which is saying something.”
- Write something inspired by a “random article” click at Wikipedia.
- “You should’ve fought for me!”
- Use “spiritualism” as inspiration for story / character (not “spirituality”).