PROMPT TWENTY-SIX – SKEWED VIEW
This prompt is based on writing a story from a radically different point of view, like that of an insect, or an alien, or even a stuffed animal. Andy Griffith started his comedic career this way when he did “What it was, was football.” The subject matter can be a common, every-day item like a family vacation.
Here are five unique POVs.
Wilson from Castaway
Moby Dick from Moby Dick
The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
The portrait in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The brooms in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Based on the broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice I generated this pitch.
Stick Men - Broom marvels when he is brought to life. Before he was nothing but a tool in someone else’s hands, but now he can act on his own and he has purpose. The water has to be moved and he is just the one to do it.
Then the world goes crazy when the creator attacks him. Or perhaps it isn’t the world that has gone insane – maybe it’s just the creator. A lowly broom may have no chance against the mighty sorcerer, but that isn’t going to prevent him from fulfilling his prime directive. And anything that gets in his way will pay the price.
As part of a challenge set by my critique group I used this method to write Red Christmas. It’s a short story about what would happen if Santa was a communist. My wife hated the story and made me write “normal” Christmas stories every year after that for the family celebration.
That's it folks. All twenty-six of my writing prompts. I have seen some amazing story ideas created using these as a starting point for the imagination. Hope it helps.
This prompt is based on writing a story from a radically different point of view, like that of an insect, or an alien, or even a stuffed animal. Andy Griffith started his comedic career this way when he did “What it was, was football.” The subject matter can be a common, every-day item like a family vacation.
Here are five unique POVs.
Wilson from Castaway
Moby Dick from Moby Dick
The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
The portrait in The Picture of Dorian Gray
The brooms in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Based on the broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice I generated this pitch.
Stick Men - Broom marvels when he is brought to life. Before he was nothing but a tool in someone else’s hands, but now he can act on his own and he has purpose. The water has to be moved and he is just the one to do it.
Then the world goes crazy when the creator attacks him. Or perhaps it isn’t the world that has gone insane – maybe it’s just the creator. A lowly broom may have no chance against the mighty sorcerer, but that isn’t going to prevent him from fulfilling his prime directive. And anything that gets in his way will pay the price.
As part of a challenge set by my critique group I used this method to write Red Christmas. It’s a short story about what would happen if Santa was a communist. My wife hated the story and made me write “normal” Christmas stories every year after that for the family celebration.
That's it folks. All twenty-six of my writing prompts. I have seen some amazing story ideas created using these as a starting point for the imagination. Hope it helps.
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