Day 30: The Right to Remain Silent, Permanently

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 30 Prompt:

You live in a society where all crime is forgiven until 1st January every year. Upon this day, all criminals are hunted down and killed using differing techniques based on the severity of their crime. You look out the window to see that your judgement has come. - REDDIT

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

Day 29: Where The Skies Are Always Black

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 29 Prompt

An unknown person sends you, from Egypt, a box containing a rock etched with hieroglyphics. - Writing.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: Day 30

 

1. You live in a society where all crime is forgiven until 1st January every year. Upon this day, all criminals are hunted down and killed using differing techniques based on the severity of their crime. You look out of the window to see that your judgement has come. — REDDIT

2. What I know about myself... — Writing.Com

3. You’ve had a rough day at work. You head home and go straight to bed, mumbling, “I wish I’d wake up tomorrow and be anyone but me,” before dozing off. When you wake up in the morning, your dream has come true, as you quickly realize that you are not you—you are someone else that you know! Excited to live the day in that person’s shoes, you set off, only to find a day in the life of that person isn’t as easy as you imagined. — WritersDigest.Com

4. Write out a scene based on this quick plot: search for the missing daughter of a high-ranking government official. — CreativeWritingPrompts.Com

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: Day 29

1. An unknown person sends you, from Egypt, a box containing a rock etched with hieroglyphics. — Writing.Com

2. You’re playing a video game called Wizards & Warriors when, suddenly, lightening strikes the house, scaring you and causing you to black out. When you wake up, you’re trapped inside the game. The only items you have is a sword, a backpack and a note attached to your shirt that reads, “Beat me and I’ll send you home." — WritersDigest.Com

3. Write about a lady who picks a line from a verse of poetry and takes it literally… too literally. — Akpan

4. List 7 reasons to turn down a marriage proposal. — CreativeWritingPrompts.Com

Day 28: Make Me An Offer I Can't Refuse

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 28 Prompt:

You die and go to heaven only to find that Mars is indeed heaven and Ray Bradbury is God in Residence. You and the legend strike a deal in which he offers you another shot at life on Earth to make up for all the wrongs you've done but only one score. What's the condition and do you accept or not? - Akpan

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

Day 27: In Equal Measure

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 27 Prompts:

Write a story about a writer who buys a writer-robot which churns out one bestseller after another whenever the writer feeds in a few phrases. He in turn sells these novels under his own name. The robot meanwhile, has been evolving and has developed a sense of being and a strong emotion - jealousy. The writer-machine quietly plots how to deal with the writer-man for taking credit for his creations. - Akpan

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

Day 26: Crocodiles Cry Too

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 26 Prompt:

You're a door-to-door thief who visits houses when everybody is off at work, but today, you walk into someone about to hang themselves. - REDDIT

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: DAY 28

1. You die and go to Heaven only to find that Mars is indeed heaven and Ray Bradbury is God in Residence. You and the legend strike a deal in which he offers you another shot at life on Earth to make up for all the wrongs you’ve ever done but only on one score. What’s the condition and do you accept or not? — Akpan

2. A promotion at work has you head out with coworkers to celebrate. While at the bar, you decide to sing karaoke. As you belt your way through the song (fill in the blank), another member of the crowd starts harmonizing with you. Is it someone you know? Is it not? Either way, this is the moment you fall in love. Write this scene. — WritersDigest.Com

3. Wouldn't it just figure that the very same day Jolie decided to go to the city... — Writing.Com

4. Create a story based on this personification: the sun bows as pain vibrates. — CreativeWritingPrompts.Com

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: DAY 27

1. One day, your dog starts talking to you. — Writing.Com

2. You have been elected president of the United States. When you get to the White House, you find out that there’s a note from your predecessor. The note says “Good Luck,” but when everyone else leaves the room the words on the note disappear and new words appear: “Look in the bottom drawer of the desk. There’s a hidden compartment. You will find more instructions there.” — WritersDigest.Com

3. Write a story about a writer who buys a writer-robot which churns out one bestseller after another whenever the writer feeds in a few phrases. He in turn sells these novels under his own name. The robot, meanwhile, has been evolving and has developed a sense of being and a strong emotion—jealousy. The writer-machine quietly plots how to deal with the writer-man for taking credit for his creations. — Akpan

4. Use this plot in a short story: fired from her job after getting the wrong number. — CreativeWritingPrompts.Com

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: Day 26

1. Everyone has a favorite song. Except... — Writing.Com

2. You're a door-to-door thief who visits houses when everybody is off at work, but today, you walk into someone about to hang themselves. — REDDIT

3. Write a vampire story in which you attempt to create a plausible reason why vampires have a strong aversion to sunlight. It must not bear any similarities with traditional beliefs. — Akpan

4. Use these words in your story: Doctor, roll of film, stairwell, telephone. — CreativeWritingPrompts.Com

Day 25: Jaws of a Storm

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 25 Prompt:

C. S. Lewis used a wardrobe, J. M. Barrie used the second star to the right, and Lewis Carroll used a rabbit hole - each a gateway to another world. This week, pick an object that is important to you and transform  it into a portal to an alternative world. Write a story about someone discovering the portal and adjusting to life where everything is foreign. Take into consideration where this secret passage is located and what it feels like to pass through it. - PW.Org

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015 Prompts: Day 25

1. You’re a regular commenter on a website about a hobby you are passionate about. You’ve been posting for years and have made many friends. Suddenly one day, you hop on the site and notice there are several comments from you—but you didn’t write them! You attempt to delete them, but you can’t. Worse yet, more appear while you are sitting at your computer. What do you do? — WritersDigest.Com

2. Write about the history of your first computer. — Writing.Com

3. Guardian angels are parasitic spirits that only exist as long as their host remains alive. You are the guardian of the "luckiest" man alive. — REDDIT

4. C. S. Lewis used a wardrobe, J. M. Barrie used the second star to the right, and Lewis Carroll used a rabbit hole—each a gateway to another world. This week, pick an object that is important to you and transform it into a portal to an alternate world. Write a story about someone discovering the portal and adjusting to life where everything is foreign. Take into consideration where this secret passage is located and what it feels like to pass through it. — Poets&Writers

Day 24: Hero Material (Mobbed #2)

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 24 Prompt:

The smell of roasted meat wafted out of the restaurant as he dug through the dumpster in the back. - Writing.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

Day 23: Grim Sense

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 23 Prompt:

You go in for a rather complex dental procedure and the dentist has to put you under in order to complete it. When you wake up, though, you are no longer in the dentist office. You are on a train with a briefcase handcuffed to your wrist. Just as you are soaking in this situation, a man walks in with a gun and points it at you. What happens? - WritersDigest.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan