February 2014 – Random Story Prompt

Storm in the Dark of the Night

Brainstorm ideas of things that could happen in the dark of the night.

Are there lights?

Is it black dark?

Write a story about a creature that provides luck to all those who touch it.

Why does the creature provide luck?

Do others want this creature?

What will others do to get this creature?

What does the creature look like?

Write a story about someone that has lost a sense and must learn to live with it.

What of the five senses did they lose?

How do they learn to cope? Do they learn to cope?

Is there someone there for the person?

Write a story about a house.

What is the importance of the house?

Why tell the story about the house?

What can be so interesting about a house?

Write a story about a mythological creature and add your own spin on it.

What kind of twist did you add? (example: Sirens temp men to mate, monster that kills to save, a good jinn,….)

Why is there a twist? How come do the stories not have the twist?

Create a character that has a life full of pain.

Why do they have a life of pain?

What do they try to do to release the pain?

How has having this pain there whole life changed there life?

Take today and write on your own story, if you don’t have a story use the archive to create one.

Write a story about a genius with many fears.

What is the genius’ fears?

What do they do to avoid those fears?

What happens when they are pushed to their fears?

Write a story about someone finding a magical item, and by possessing the item the person has things happen to them.

Is what happening to the person good or bad?

Are they able to get rid of it? or lose do they lose it easily?

Write a story about someone that is confused.

Why are they confused? (ex: blow to the head, kidnapped, lost, drugs,…)

Do they resolve the confusion?

Do they find someone they can trust? or do they not trust any one? or do they trust someone that betrays them?