I’ve created a contest for myself. As I have done before, I am going to make up a bunch of inane writing prompts, with my ultimate goal being to write fifty of these prompts. When I achieve this goal I will have won the contest. The prize is to take one of the prompts and actually use it. I am not entirely sure how well this contest will go. Winning may turn out to be losing. All I know for sure is if I move to Quebec I will be ineligible to participate.
Writing Prompts, Part 3: Follow at Your Peril (prompts 23-32)
- Why would a speaker be afraid of catsup?
- Start your story with this: “She touched the litterbox in her pocket and smiled.”
- In 250 words write from the point of view of a dangling participle.
- One day you keep eating Bits & Bites until you weigh 1,000 pounds. You sue the company for making them too delicious but you’re too big to get to the phone and call your lawyer so instead you eat more Bits & Bites. Describe the color and shape of your phone or lawyer.
- You are ordered to press the Big Red Button. When you do the whole world blows up. Or does it? No, it doesn’t. Don’t be stupid. Write something that isn’t stupid.
- A man and a woman–let’s call them Adam and Eve–suddenly find themselves kicked out of a magical garden with only the clothes on their backs but they actually don’t have any clothes, they’re completely naked. Explain in 500 words why you are a pervert who writes about naked people.
- A woman applies for a job in tech support because she has suddenly gone mad. She is told she can only use the words “Hi”, “Did you check the cable?” and “Try rebooting” when speaking to customers. Describe how she becomes Employee of the Year.
- You can be any mineral in the world. What mineral will you be?
- Write a story that uses the following words: witches, vampires, fairies. Then self-publish the story on Amazon and trick your friends into posting five-star reviews.
- List 500 things you’ll never do.
Previously:
- Writing prompt 6: Promptly prompts promptingly (prompts 1-10)
- More writing prompts in the style of “Should I really use one of these?” (prompts 11-22)
