INKsters Virtual Literary Salon Competitive Writing Daily Prompts
March 2009 We have two prompts per day. Please read the FAQ page. Need a daily reminder? Check out our blog. A bit of a change for the Second Life inspired topics for March. We're using famous paintings (some more so than others). The topic is completely open, but you get extra credit for tying the painting to your Second Life in some meaningful way. You can find all these painting on the web if you need to research them. Good luck!
DATE	Topic Inspired by New Yorker Cartoonists	Topics Inspired by Second Life
1st	Fishing What are you hoping to pull out of your hat?	American Gothic
2nd	Spam Describe your friend who is the most irritating (or most beloved) when it comes to modern technology.	Andy Warhol
3rd	Tasty So you want to taste something owned by a friend? Do tell.	Banksy
4th	Yawn Name your three favorite things and how your life would be more exciting or more boring if you had an unimited supply of those things.	Andrew Wyeth
5th	Mockumentary They've come to film you. What funny/un-funny things will they capture?	Washington Crossing the Delaware (sit down George!)
6th	Banana You're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders and the inevitable banana peal appears. It's a metaphor of course. What is the weight you're carrying and what is your peal waiting to trip you up?	Edgar Degas
7th	Foam  Finger When, where, and why do you use a foam finger?	Albrecht Dürer
8th	The News What's the most frustrating (or most wonderful) thing your local newspaper or television news crew does to keep you up to date?	Georges-Pierre Seurat
9th	Overeducated Are you too smart? Too dumb? Explain please.	Georgia O'Keefe
10th	Lassie It's been awhile since we talked pets. How is yours doing?	Gustav Klimt
11th	No Cattle Sometimes fashion is more important. What is your style?	Winslow Homer
12th	Closed Lots of businesses are closing down. Tell us about your biggest loss or maybe the best idea you have for a new business.	Wassily Kandinsky
13th	Turn Around Some things you shouldn't have to explain. Describe a situation recently where you had to say something you shouldn't have had to say.	Leonardo da Vinci
14th	Beauty What's your significant other's opinion on you?	Madame Pompadour by François Boucher
15th	Consultant Who needs exterminated from your every day life?	Henri Matisse
16th	Muscle So they've called you to straighten some people out. Who? Why?	Michelangelo
17th	Clown What's your birthday disaster story?	Leonardo da Vinci
18th	Super Power You used to be better at something. Describe it and why you're faltering.	Claude Monet
19th	Yoga You've decided to improve you life and it's going well. What things are you doing that make you much happier than the same old thing?	Edward Hopper
20th	Aliens In our space man of the month topic, pick your favorite alien creatures, give them puppies, and report your findings.	Shepard Fairey
21st	Narcissism Pick your three most narcissistic tendencies (or your three most narcissistic friends) and describe what makes them awesome or annoying.	Pablo Picasso
22nd	Talking Piano You've been given the assignment to improve the piano. What will you do?	Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
23rd	Downsizing You're trapped in kindergarten. Now what?	Jackson Pollock
24th	Not Quite You've given somebody instructions, but things aren't going as you'd planned. What is the problem? How will you fix it?	Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
25th	Embarrassing Hobbies What's yours?	Norman Rockwell
26th	401K By the way, what exactly is your retirement plan?	Salvador Dali
27th	Sharks You're an expert on something. What is it? Why do you love the subject? How has it benefitted you?	Edvard Munch
28th	Let's Party Okay, phooey on the recession. Let's have a blow out. I'll make sure it happens, just tell me about the ultimate party you'd like to throw.	Toulouse Lautrec
29th	I Give Up When should you NOT give up?	Vincent Van Gogh
30th	Claws If you could change one of your body parts, what would it be and what would you like to have as a replacement?	Johannes Vermeer
31st	Lazy The "Doing Things The Right Way" committee is reviewing your life and you need to explain a few things you've been too lazy to fix. Go on. Explain.	Vincent Van Gogh