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A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

There is nothing I can do. My fate is in the hands of the gods. I am helpless. Everything is out of my control.

Writing Prompt Expanded

Many things that make us anxious and worried are beyond our control. Our actions rarely affect events in the world around us. We can influence others and play our part and do our thing, but we can’t control events. For instance, the current pandemic is beyond our control. We can do our part in trying to ease transmission but how others and governments act is not down to us. Things beyond our control can make us anxious, and that is what this prompt explores.

• This prompt is all about feeling hopeless. It is about describing the feeling of not having any control.
• How does being helpless make you feel?
• Does being helpless have a physical response in your body?
• Does it make you act in a different way?

Remember this is not about you personally. This is a fiction writing prompt. It can relate to any situation and the character, even though it is written in the prompt in the first-person, it is not you. The setting of the scene can be for any situation, from something major like a pandemic to something more personal like waiting for a phone call. Characters can find themselves helpless in a variety of situations. However, I hope the prompt doesn’t leave you feeling hopeless as you try to write.

As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

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A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

The detective walked up to the store worker. “So you saw the man running away? Can you describe him?”

Writing Prompt Expanded

A key skill in writing is the ability to describe someone. All of the characters you create need to be believable. Your characters need to become real as your words are read.

This prompt is all about describing someone and making them real. However, you don’t know anything about them apart from what was seen. There is no backstory to your character. They simply ran past the store worker. So how real can you make them? What things are important to describe?

• What are they wearing?
• What do they look like?
• Do they have any distinguishing marks or features?
• What about the way they were running?
• What was their expression?

Beyond the fact that the police are involved and the character was running, the setting of this prompt is up to you. It could be a robbery. It could be a kidnapping. It might be about someone being recognised and trying to getaway. The main point is about describing the man. So let’s get those descriptive words and phrases going.

As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create.

Original running man image Image by Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

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A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

The song played through the headphones. I was transported when the music came on; a different place, a different time…

Writing Prompt Expanded

Music is powerful. Like the rest of our senses, sound can trigger memories.

This prompt is all about where the music takes you, the time, place and people. It is about creating a memory, a new memory.

• To what time are you transported?
• To what place does the song take you?
• Who are the people that the music brings back to your imagination?

However, this is a fiction writing prompt and not a personal memoir (although you can use it for that if you wish). The idea is to create a memory that doesn’t exist, at least not from your own life. Creating a believable memory can be difficult, so that’s why this is a challenge. Time to improve your fiction writing.

As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create.

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A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

The sky filled with clouds, thick dark rain clouds. Then it began, at last, the rain began to fall. It was…

Writing Prompt Expanded

I love it when it rains. I find my senses turn to overdrive. Being able to stand outside as the rain falls is one of life’s pleasures. If I stand outside barefoot and let my feet and toes feel the wet ground it is even better. And a little rain brings all the smells to life, no longer dead and dry, now alive and rejuvenated.

Use this prompt to describe how the rain brings everything back to life. Be as descriptive as possible. And try to use similes and metaphors to give your writing new life.

• How does the rain affect your senses?
• What sound does it make?
• What can you smell?
• Are you standing outside as the rain falls?

You can write in the first or third person. Use your character, or characters, to describe the scene. You could explore why the rain is welcome, a little back story is always helpful.

This writing prompt is a companion, and opposite to the prompt It had stopped.

As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create,

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A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

Impact… beat… nothing … beat… and then the pain shot through me a pain like nothing before.

Writing Prompt Expanded

Have you ever stubbed your toe, your little toe? Or stepped on a sharp object whilst barefoot? I find it almost impossible to walk across a stony beach without wearing a shoe or sandal. Our feet are sensitive and they let us know when they are uncomfortable, or in shock.

This prompt is all about pain, immediate pain. It is about describing the intensity and the suddenness.

• What does the pain remind you of?
• How does the pain in your foot affect the rest of your body?
• What senses can you use to describe the pain?

It is always possible that your reaction to the initial pain leads to a near farcical chain of events. And the good thing about it all is that this is fiction and you haven’t really hurt your foot… but keep an eye out for things laying around on the floor.

As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create

Original foot image Image by iGlobalWeb from Pixabay

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