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Writing Prompt 45 (Revisited)

6/15/2018

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[Oops. I already did this prompt. Rather than discard my work I'm going to post it anyway. You decide which version is better. LOL.]
PROMPT 45 – FILL IN THE BLANK

This is a variant of the Gibberish Times Five writing prompt, but focuses on a single concept instead of attempting to write a story based on five random words. Select an interesting noun like school or serial-killer. This can be a randomly chosen word or one that represents a topic that interests the writer. The choice of a word representing a person, a place, or a thing will have a large impact on the kind of story that is written.

 Once you have your story word, place it with a series of other words until you find a combination that sparks your imagination. For instance, I placed bully in front of school and came away with bully school—a special gathering place for bullies. Just from the name I can tell the story is going to center around this unlikely school and that it feels like a humorous middle-grade book. And I attached account to serial-killer. That’s right, my story is about a serial-killer accountant who is probably motivated to kill by the numbers he deals with all day long.

Here’s a short list of people, places, and things to get you started.
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    Person                               Place                                 Thing

Serial-Killer                         School                              Quest

Celebrity                              Popular Tourist Spot     Bus

Cook                                     On A Fishing Boat          Door


Accountant                     Inside a Movie/Book          Thing-a-ma-bob


Homeless Person              The Smallest Town          Book


RepoMan/Woman            Island                                 Package/Bag

Tour Guide                          Castle                                 Ticket 


Busy Body                           Small Bakery                     Holiday


Horrible Gossip                 Candy Store                       Sport


​Fictional Character           Newspaper                         Game



Example: I selected angel as my story word, because I find them interesting. Then I looked through the list above and my eyes were gravitated toward tour guide. Which makes my sample story about an angel tour guide.
 
Angel-cation – Lucy is still getting used to the idea of being an angel and how to use her powers, when a routine retrieval mission takes her to Italy to bring a young tour guide back for Afterlife Orientation. Eager to visit all the tourist spots in Italy, Lucy sends the tour guide spirit on her way to Heaven and takes her place on the tour bus. But midway through the tour she finds that lost spirits are being attracted to her and that the only way to guide them back to where they belong is to finish the tour before their essence is forever lost to Limbo.

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    My wife calls me the StoryMan because everything around me is material for a new story. All of us are surrounded by story ideas and it just takes a little practice to find them. In this section of the website I present writing exercises known as writing prompts that can help you generate new and interesting story ideas. Try a few and see if you don't end up with more stories floating around inside your head than you have time to write.

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