Thoughts For Thursday

Tuesday - Two Characters

For this prompt, Characters A and B do not have to be in a romantic relationship. They can be in any kind of relationship you choose.

Characters A and B are shopping at the supermarket.   A is playing with the shopping cart (climbing into it and expecting B to push them around, or pushing it really fast down an aisle and then suddenly letting go.  What A does with the cart is up to you).  Despite B’s repeated requests for A to stop before someone gets hurt, A keeps on doing what they’re doing.  Sure enough, A manages to get injured.

What happens next is up to you!

Here are some things to consider:

Is A’s injury serious or minor?

Does A require medical attention?

How does A respond to getting hurt?

How do other characters respond?

How does B respond?  Are they angry with A? Do they say ‘I told you so’? Are they panicked? Are they sympathetic?

What are the consequences of A’s actions?

Has the relationship between A and B changed because of this situation? If so, has it changed for better or for worse?

Has A learned anything from this experience?  Has B learned anything? If so, what was it?

Character Question of the Day #2

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

What is your character's favourite dessert?

Character Question of the Day #9

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

How does your character behave when they're sick or injured?

Is their behaviour different depending on the severity of the illness or injury?

Have they always been this way, or has their response to illness or injury changed over time?

If so, what caused the change?

Character Question of the Day #10

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

Does your character consider themselves to be outdoorsy or do they prefer to stay inside?

Character Question of the Day #6

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

What is your character's favourite animal?

Character Question of the Day #11

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

Does your character prefer to communicate by telephone, email, text, video call or in person? What is the reason for their preference?

Wednesday Who's Who

​Answer these questions on your own, or reblog this and invite your followers to ask you about your original characters!

Which of your characters spends the most time using a computer? What are they doing?

Which character plays video games?  What games do they play?

Which character constantly has their phone in their hand?

Which character is a technophobe and wishes for the ‘good old days’ before computers, smartphones and the internet?

Which character spends the most time on social media?

Which character pretends to know a lot about ‘internet culture’ or social media culture even though they know very little?

Which character is proud of being technologically challenged?

Which character gets frustrated quickly when trying to use (or learn how to use) technology?

Which character apparently knows how to use every feature of every device?

Which character feels stressed out or panicked when the WiFi isn’t working?

Which character is happy or relieved when the WiFi isn’t working?

Which character gets excited about subjects such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality environments?

“Someone Says” Saturday

This week's dialogue-based writing prompt is:

“You can’t blame it on me this time.”

Monday Monologue

Choose one of your characters, and have them tell a story in their own words. Try to get inside your character’s head, and write the piece from the first-person point of view.  

For an added challenge, pick a character whose perspective you don’t normally write from.

* Your story does not have to be a monologue. You can include other characters and as much or as little dialogue as you like.

This week’s prompt is:  It was the first rainbow I’d ever seen

Character Question of the Day #4

You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.

What is your character's comfort level with technology?

Are they tech-savvy, average, not good at using tech, or are they a non-user?

Is there a specific reason for their skill level?

Would they like to improve?

What are their views on technology in general?