Where Writing and Success Come Together
The amazing CoffeeQuills inspired this set of prompts. She has this wonderful drive and fantastic passion. This creative spirit and unique pet of choice led to something unexpected. Let me know what you think of this….
Prompt 1
Your character wakes in their usual location to find it filled with baby hedgehogs.
Prompt 2
“You wouldn’t believe how my day started.”
This splendid set of prompts was suggested by the indomitable Angsthase!
Prompt 1
What is it like to be a person with a disability in your world? Write a story that centres that experience.
Prompt 2
“I’m not the problem! The problem is the barriers you’re putting in my way!”
A good prompt day? Maybe, but we’ll have to see. You tell me Monday morning!
Prompt 1 –
Imagine the world facing a moment of total peace. What does that look like? How does your character feel? How do they handle it?
Prompt 2 –
A calm settled over the crowd.
We’re keeping this short and sweet again. I think though, some of us might find this to be the most tragic prompt of the month.
Prompt 1
Imagine a world without (coffee, tea, your favorite warm beverage) and how it affects your character and the world around them.
Prompt 2
Fingers grasp the warm mug as steam rolls off the top into the chilled air.
Let’s see what we’ll come up with today!
We’ll do things like it we did yesterday, only not as dark.
Prompt 1
Your character encounters a small animal stuck in a tree. Show us how they freed the animal.
Prompt 2
The piercing sound of fear resonated off the walls, waking everyone who could hear.
Prompt 1
A landslide devastates the town your character is in. What does your character experience?
Prompt 2
Even the animals responded to the change around (them).
Keep in mind the first goal is to finish the short story in 24hrs
Prompt 1 will be a scene setting sort of prompt.
Prompt 2 will be a ‘Use this sentence (or partial sentence) prompt.
All prompts are optional, but a nice way to track how many you’ve done.
Propt 1
Two cats are sitting on a roof discussing how to catch the birds on the electrical wire. One is successful.
Prompt 2
“You see that bird right there? He’s quite plump.”
So, I might have discussed this one on the stream …
Prompt 1
Intense geomagnetic storm washes over the Earth (or planet of your choice). What is the impact? How does your character, species, people respond?
Prompt 2
“I saw it coming the moment it left the sphere.”
Have you visited CoffeeQuills stream lately? She’s a third time 31 days participant. Ask her about her experience.
In case you want another fun and 31 days experienced streamer to visit, you should check out Angsthase. She creates fun, slice of life stories that draw you in and hold on to you. Go check it out.
Prompt 1
A large family reunion goes haywire when an animal crashes the party.
Prompt 2
“Well, you know what they say about family…”
You can visit AmandaPanda on Twitch for more fun like our ‘use this sentence’ prompt.
“Sapha is like a young Wolfgang Pauli, in every laboratory he went, there was a little explosion.” Cyberpunk/magic realism author and poet Sapha Burnell’s works (Usurper Kings, Son of Abel & Neon Lieben) were dubbed “jaw-droppingly beautiful”, “an insane, diabolical, kick-ass rollercoaster” and “hauntingly beautiful”. Literary critic Ella J said of Neon Lieben, “I never thought a science fiction story could be so beautiful”. Sapha writes on the interlock between mysticism, mythology and science with a pugilist’s eye. The product of Vancouver’s multiculturalism, Sapha steeped in divergent cultures, religious experiences and gender roles, until battling with traditional opinions became a daily war. On hiatus from the written word, she volunteered in West Africa, and returned to Canada with an international perspective. As an editor & literary theorist, Sapha’s work focuses on comparative mythology & the ethics of futurism. On Twitch, Sapha critiques prose twice a week, and writes online once. A member of The Writers Union of Canada, Sapha lives in BC with their spouse and speaks on gender roles, cyberpunk, martial arts, comparative mythology, wine education and religion, when the #hallowesfam isn’t chatting it up on discord or twitch.
What do you stream? (or write in what genre)
Editing, and writing Cyberpunk & Magic Realism.
How long have you been streaming?
2 years.
How do you keep your viewers engaged?
Featuring their content.
What is your favorite thing about streaming?
The Community.
Where can people find you?
http://www.twitch.tv/usurperkings
When can people find you on Twitch?
Tues: 6pm – 12 am PST
Wed: 11:30 am – 2:30 pm PST
Thurs: 2 pm – 5:30 pm PST