INKsters Virtual Literary Salon
Competitive Writing Daily Prompts
Text Only Version for November 2008
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Cartoon Prompts (First series of three.)
1 It's All About Me
If somebody wrote a story about you, how would it go?
2 Typist
Describe your evolution as an author.
3 Suffering
What do you love about being an author? What do you hate?
4 Revisionist
What facts do you like to distort?
5 Unwritten
Give a plot synopsis of the novel you were going to write way back in the day and haven't started it yet.
6 Trickle Down
It's raining money. What will you buy?
7 Bad Boy
Describe a time when you confronted a moral dilemma?
8 Toes
What fetish do you have?
9 Organic
Describe a modern phenomenon that was complete different when you were a kid.
10 Erotica
Write us some purple prose.
11 Seating
What's the flimsiest excuse you've ever given?
12 Presidential
How do you dress for success?
13 Expounder
You're standing on the soapbox, what sayest thou?
14 Parrot
You're a bird. What do you want?
15 Wind Power
What kinds of shortcuts do you take?
16 Hungry
Your favorite politician is using a new, more honest, approach to the election. What is he telling you?
17 Monster
What's your biggest worry these days?
18 Futbol
When is it okay to give up?
19 Smallest
When is small better? What do you want reduced?
20 Colors
If you stereotyped yourself, what pigeon hole would you fit into?
21 Patience
During your last journey, what caused you the most stress?
22 Ouch
What's your favorite dirty word?
23 Needs
What one thing would improve your life?
24 Charity
What will you do to make the world a better place?
25 Plastic
What body part do you need to fix?
26 Police
Are you a good cop or a bad cop?
27 Escape
What's the least amount of work you could do to make the biggest change of your life?
28 Moose
If you find something to do other than vote, are you bad?
29 Withholdings
You're playing hard to get. How do you do that?
30 Lumberjack
Compare yourself to a lumberjack.
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First Life Project (Second series of three.)
1. ABSORBING: The most absorbing thing I wrote today is:
2. BEGUILING: The most beguiling thing I wrote today is:
3. CHARMING: The most charming thing I wrote today is:
4. DISTURBING: The most disturbed thing I wrote today is:
5. ENCHANTING: The most enchanting thing I wrote today is:
6. FASCINATING: The most fascinating thing I wrote today is:
7. GLORIOUS: The most glorious thing I wrote today is:
8. HUMOROUS: The most humorous thing I wrote today is:
9. IMPASSIONED: The most impassioned thing I wrote today is:
10. IMPRESSIVE: The most impressive thing I wrote today is:
11. INTERESTING: The most interesting thing I wrote today is:
12. IRRATIONAL: The most irrational thing I wrote today is:
13. LOVELY: The most lovely thing I wrote today is:
14. MOVING: The most moving thing I wrote today is:
15. NERVOUS: The most nervous thing I wrote today is:
16. OUTSTANDING: The most outstanding thing I wrote today is:
17. PATHETIC: The most pathetic thing I wrote today is:
18. PERFECT: The most perfect thing I wrote today is:
19. POIGNANT: The most poignant thing I wrote today is:
20. RELAXING: The most relaxing thing I wrote today is:
21. SEDUCTIVE: The most seductive thing I wrote today is:
22. SENTIMENTAL: The most sentimental thing I wrote today is:
23. SPONTANEOUS: The most spontaneous thing I wrote today is:
24. TERRIFIC: The most terrific thing I wrote today is:
25. THRILLING: The most thrilling thing I wrote today is:
26. TRANSCENDENT: The most transcendent thing I wrote today is:
27. UNRIVALED: The most unrivaled thing I wrote today is:
28. WINSOME: The most winsome thing I wrote today is:
29. WITCHING: The most witching thing I wrote today is:
30. WITTY: The most witty thing I wrote today is:
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Story Starters (Third series of three.)
1 Jazz
The musicians played on despite ...
2 Pondering
She stared up at the sky from her lilypad thinking ...
3 Fountain
Playing in the fountain at the mosque seemed ...
4 Park
As she snuggled in his arms, she would never suspect ...
5 Escape
Using his ability to time-travel, the captive angel ...
6 Skulls
The collection of skulls appeared to ...
7 Breeze
She threw her clothing off into the breeze and ...
8 The Monk
The tiny companion on the monk's shoulder warned ...
9 Telephone
Alone on the plaza, she dialed ...
10 Sludge
The robot ascertained the green slime would ...
11 Entrance
Walking down the tunnel, she expected ...
12 Library
Architectural awards or not, he felt the new library ...
13 Spaceport
The spaceport's size meant ...
14 Coffee
He'd been going to the same coffee shop for years, but today things turned crazy when ...
15 Blue Ant
The crowd in the bar would never have guessed that ...
16 Secret Garden
She stood in the garden waiting for ...
17 Valley
When we headed into the valley, we passed through ...
18 Temple
Alone at the entrance to the temple, she ...
19 Relaxing
She'd never been good at relaxing, and today ...
20 Hologram
The hologram sauntered toward him and said ...
21 Pink
When they turned their space suits on, he discovered the engineers gave him the pink suit, and he ...
22 Cute
Even though she was just a base unit robot, she still made his electrons buzz with excitement as she …
23 Cow
She stared into the cow's eyes and said ...
24 Ideas
Her eyes twinkled as she remembered her plan ...
25 Beach
She found herself naked and drunk on the beach, and ...
26 Swingers
They were an unlikely pair to be found swinging, but ...
27 Easter Island
The rock face decided staring at the skies bored him, and so he detached himself from his base and …
28 Frank
The monster strolled through town unaware ...
29 Fairyland
She knew the rainbow couldn't be trusted and so ...
30 Jungle
Out on safari, without warning they ran into ...