INKsters Virtual Literary Salon Competitive Writing Daily Prompts Text Only Version for March 2009

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We have two prompts per day. You may enter one entry for each prompt.

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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