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THEME CHANGE
Extraterrestrial threats
Prompt 1
Imagine a strange light over a farmer’s field that starts a fire. Tell us about the start and aftermath of the fire.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
Playing back the events for a room full of people left more questions than answers.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
A race against time creates an unexpected resolution for a problem never revealed before now. Share it!
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
It’s over now.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
Race through the forest and find the animal to help a character out of the location safely.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
Sneaking around the tallest branches left a hidden sense of protection.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1:
A curious fox from the countryside finds itself in a bustling city.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence:
My world shattered and you want me to smile?
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Prompt 1
When the reef is threatened by an environmental disaster, a small, unassuming clownfish steps up with a plan to save their home.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence
The waves crash over the shore.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
A parrot, living with a family for years, begins to mimic conversations it has overheard, revealing secrets and causing chaos in the neighborhood.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in the story:
You wouldn’t believe what I heard!
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
Visualize a moment when a group of animals ingeniously escapes from a zoo. What sparked their plan?
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in the story:
Maximum efficiency yields the best results.
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Theme: Animals
Prompt 1
Imagine a moment in time where everything changes and share that.
Prompt 2
Use this sentence in your story:
It is a sound unlike any I’ve ever heard.
AND NEW THIS YEAR!
Prompt 3 – VIDEO Prompt
Take inspiration from the video below and craft a story inspired by it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yADst939VCA
For many of you, you’ve got a fun new adventure!
We are going to be tracking our progress this year – together – this is going to be best suited for those who are participating for the polish and editing portion of our challenge.
Everyday you’ll finish your story or wordcount and add it to the reporting sheet. At the end of the week, we’ll leave an announcement about our progress in the discord.
This will also be a challenge for the event coordinator, Catrina Taylor aka TheLadyWrites. She has committed to stream for 12 hours if we can report in 90 completed short stories.
We have four themes for the next 31 days of short story writing! Each week you’ll look at the daily prompts and fit them into the given theme.
Today I’m sharing our Themes for the month!
Weave any animal into your stories for each of the prompts during the week. There will be 7 story prompts and we’ll be excited to see your stories!
No we don’t mean aliens, well… it could be aliens, but really it’s not just aliens.
Yes, we do actually mean war. Write about its affect on people, or a moment in a given war, or whatever comes to mind that inspires you but keeps a thread woven around war. Maybe you can spend the whole week dedicated to a series of stories in a given situation.
But is it really? Guess our stories will share it. Find a good tale to tell with the prompts that fits into a Utopia.
Do you have to use the Theme? Nope. It’s up to you. It will make the process of selecting stories for a collection easier when we’re getting through the polish and publishing process. You don’t need to use it though.
Do you have to use the prompts? Nope. This isn’t needed either. The goal is to end up with more stories than you started the month with. This is a way to inspire those.
Any other questions? Let us know!