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Have you turned in all of your stories for the month? Are you ready for peer edits? Links for reporting are below. Watch for an update for prompts and everything we’ve got coming up!
Prompt 1
Take your character into the void of a blackhole only to discover it’s really something else. What is it? Share that experience.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence to open your story:
Sound is the only sensation diminished here.
Did you finish your story? Did you get words in? Tell us about it here
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THEME: Utopia
Prompt 1
Watch a character wander through the forest or wooded area and describe the experience while they are gathering food.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence to start your story:
Stepping forward to handle the issues was the easy part.
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We’re tracking to reach our goals this year. Together we’ll go further!
If you want to track your progress, check this out.
THEME: Utopia
Prompt 1
Show how characters in this Utopia get food each day and prepare it for their families.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
Frolicking through the fields inspires creativity.
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We’re tracking to reach our goals this year. Together we’ll go further!
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Theme: War and Strife
Prompt 1
Peace is on the horizon. Imagine plotting to prevent peace among years of war. Create a character coming to the decision to do so and show us why.
Prompt 2
Open the story with this sentence:
Soft footfalls echo down the hall.
Timezones are hard!
To keep things even, we’ve always shared Stories on Fire at Midnight UTC for posts, updates, and information. This gives everyone equal opportunity to read the posts and get started on their short story right away. Bearing that in mind, TheLadyWrites will be live on the first of January at midnight UTC to launch Stories on Fire!
We encourage everyone who wants to take part to be there.
We’re going to begin writing the first story together. We’re also going to be discussing the year ahead and getting things organized together! It’ll be great to see you!
Theme: Messages from afar
Prompt: Imagine being isolated in an abandoned hospital, but communicating with someone you’ve never met from another time or place.
Or use this sentence:
Echos of the past resonate off the page.
Theme: Natural Disasters
Prompt:
Huddle below ground with your character and their pets for the duration of some disaster. Share the experience.
OR use this sentence in your story:
Is it quiet yet?
Theme: Natural Disasters
Imagine the moments before the impact of a hurricane and share that with the audience.
Or open the story with this sentence:
We knew it was coming.
THEME: Natural Disaster
An area affected by drought has a pop up thunderstorm change the landscape.
Or use this sentence in your story:
The wind spread the fire across the field in mere moments.
Theme: Animal Antics
A bear hibernates in a cave, and its breath creates a frosty pattern on the walls.
Share the bear’s perspective or the perspective of an observer walking up on the sleeping bear.
Or use this sentence:
Leave it alone and it’ll sleep through the winter. Wake it up, and it’ll be cranky instead.