Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

authors choice #179 - Descent Into Madness

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #179 - Descent Into Madness - any pairing - any length:

Write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your character fears he/she is losing his mind when his world spins into quiet chaos.
2. A terrible event sends your character into hiding.


Or....Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights of creativity.
Happy writing, folks

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Friday, September 3rd, 2010

authors choice #177 - Anything for a Price

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #177 - Anything for a Price - any pairing - any length:

Write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your character is faced with having to offer to do "Anything for a price". What situation would bring this about?


Or....Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights of creativity.
Happy writing, folks

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

authors choice #176 - Hearth and Home

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #176 - Hearth and Home - any pairing - any length:

Write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your characters affirm their relationship
2. Bad weather = warm thoughts = blazing ....fireplace (or campfire)
Or....

....Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights of creativity.
Happy writing, folks

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

authors choice #173 - chuffed

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #173 - chuffed - any pairing - any length:

Write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

Please link back to this site when using the prompts on other sites so interested folk can find it easily

Today's word was discussed on Carole E Barrowman's "Vocabulary 101" board. Apparently it's an English (UK) word with a definition in US English as being delighted...proud...smug...self-congratulatory...only moreso.

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Sunday, August 29th, 2010

authors choice #172 - grounded

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #172 - grounded - any pairing - any length:

Write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

"She/he grounds me"

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010

authors choice #167 - back against the wall

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #167 - back against the wall - any pairing - any length:

Folks always seem to know what is in the best interests of the other fellow. With that in mind, write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your character's back is against the wall when someone gets dirt on him/her.
2. Write a story with the phrase "back against the wall".

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

authors choice #160 - Compromising Positions

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #160 - Compromising Positions - any pairing - any length:

Folks always seem to know what is in the best interests of the other fellow. With that in mind, write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your character is caught in a "Compromising Position" by his better half.
2. Your character tells someone about a past "Compromising Position", only to have it come back and bite him/her in the a**.
3. A private, and possibly damaging, relationship is exposed in the work place.

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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**Sorry I've been slacking on the daily prompts. It's been hellacious hot down here in Austin and the AC has bailed on me. All I want to do is sleep through the heat.
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

authors choice #159 - your own good

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #159 - your own good - any pairing - any length:

Folks always seem to know what is in the best interests of the other fellow. With that in mind, write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this.

1. Your character is forced to do something he doesn't want to "for his own good"
2. Use the line "Relax. This is for your own good" in a story.

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

authors choice #158 - uncontrollable emotions

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #158 - uncontrollable emotions - any pairing - any length:

write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme. Go to the extreme on this. Take a simple emotion and put it on steroids. Rip up the house, or burn it down, as it were.

1. anger: rage
2. fear; terror
3. passion; lust
4. sadness; despair
5. emotion of your choice

Go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Monday, August 16th, 2010

authors choice #157 - secret to love

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #157 - secret to love - any pairing - any length:

write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme.

1. Use the phrase "The Secret to Love That Lasts..." - any pairing, any length

Or go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Sunday, August 15th, 2010

authors choice #155 - superstitious

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #155 - superstitious - any pairing - any length:

write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme.

1. Use the phrase "he wasn’t a superstitious man" - any pairing, any length

Or go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Saturday, August 14th, 2010

authors choice #154 - disappointment

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #154 - disappointment - any pairing - any length:

write a story, ficlet, drabble, snippet, slice of life [or a series of stories] around this theme.

1. Use the phrase "don't be disappointed' - any pairing, any length
2. Your character looks back on his life and finds it lacking
3. Your character has discovered something not pleasant about someone he cares about

Or go off in a direction all your own...Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Friday, August 13th, 2010

authors choice #148 - sins & virtues

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #148 - sins & virtues - any pairing - any length:

write a story [or a series of stories] around one or more of the seven deadly sins
(wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony)

or the seven heavenly virtues
(valor, generosity, liberality, diligence, patience, kindness, humility).

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Thursday, August 12th, 2010

authors choice #144 - squirrel-ish

[info]peja
today's "daily prompt" is...

authors choice #144 - squirrel-ish - any pairing - any length:

write a story with the phrase or theme "a bit squirrel-ish"

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

authors choice #141 - Mix and match

[info]peja
today's daily is...

authors choice #141 - Mix and match - any pairing - any length:

Write a list of six characters (can be six characters from a single fandom or mix 'em up.)
Now choose a single primary character. Can be one of the six or a different character. This will be your POV character. He can be a narrator or a participant in the story.

Using your listed characters create stories from the following list of words.

1. the heat of the moment
2. leap of faith
3. drop and roll
4. there was no explanation
5. he/she is an amazing person
6. moment of bliss

Bonus phrase:
7. Hiding in plain sight


Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks


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Monday, August 9th, 2010

authors choice #140 - missing

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authors choice #140 - missing - any pairing - any length:

One of your characters goes missing. Is it kidnapping? On the run? Unhappy in love?

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Sunday, August 8th, 2010

authors choice #134 - stick it in mud

[info]peja
today's daily prompt is...

authors choice #134 - stick it in mud - any pairing - any length:

Write a story using the phrase "he'd stick it in mud if he thought it would wiggle..."

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Saturday, August 7th, 2010

authors choice #132 - Broken Wings

[info]peja
today's daily is...

authors choice #132 - broken wings - any pairing - any length:

write a story of any length to the prompt: How high can you fly with broken wings


Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

The numbering is off because I spent a while last night adding some author choice prompts from the 21 Jumpstreet ML to the challenge page on the archive (WWOMB). I think you might find some of them interesting. If you'd like to read through them, they can be found here.... http://www.squidge.org/~peja/cgi-bin/challenges.php?let=A

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Friday, August 6th, 2010

authors choice #123 - one night only

[info]peja
today's daily is...

authors choice #123 - one night only - any pairing - any length:

Several suggestions for using this prompt:
1. First time. Your character believes they only have a single night together for whatever reason. You can leave it at that, or take it to a later time when they meet again.
2. Your character gives out as a payoff...can turn into something better, or you can leave it.
3. Your character is a rent-boy [girl] and meets a stranger for paid playtime.
4. Sexual tension runs high at a party [gathering] and things go a little to far.

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

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Thursday, August 5th, 2010

authors choice #122 - in private

[info]peja
today's daily is...

authors choice #122 - in private - any pairing - any length:

Several suggestions for using this prompt:
1. What does your character do in those moments when he's alone. ?
2. Does he have a special place where he can go to reflect on ...whatever it is he reflects on?
3. Is he ever really alone, or does someone join him in the private times for a little bit of fun an games?
4. Someone asks another "What are you like in private?"

Let the prompt infect you & carry you to greater heights.
Happy writing, folks

Although you get these daily prompts, this site is more than just a prompts comm. You can post any "on topic" story or icon that you would like to share. We're here to share, and the prompts are just a stepping stone to your own creative depths

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