IntShoWriMo 2016 Prompts: Day 30

Two moons rise over a darkened field. — Writing.Com

A frantic 7-year-old kid appears at your door, cursing like a sailor. He has nothing on him but a wallet of a 24-year-old man who looks like him. He needs your help and a shot of whiskey. — Reddit

Write a scene in a short story in which a character with creative inclinations feels like he’s not being a helpful member of society. How does he shake himself out of it? Does his chosen course of action help his productivity as an artist? What does this change reveal about his place in the world of the story? — PW.Org

Write a story where you propose a convincing reason why vampires express a strong aversion to sunlight. Your explanation may be comic but it must be original. — Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2016 Prompts: Day 4

Unexpectedly dying people start yelling, screaming and crying before they take their last breath. Your brother just died, he screamed "I see him! He's coming for me!" in a terrified voice as he died. — Reddit

Feathers flew from the chicken coop and squawks rang out across the farm yard. — Writing.Com

Try your hand by first writing about what comes to mind immediately: perhaps the changing colors and textures of autumn leaves outside, or everyday details about upcoming holidays and visiting family. Try not to pause or edit yourself. Gradually let your mind progress into an associative stream of consciousness. Take a look at what you’ve written and, using your favorite elements, write a short short story with a seasonal theme, allowing it to be nonsensical, absurd, or surreal. — PW.Org

At first it's like any other day. You wake up, shower, start to brew your morning cup of coffee, and that's when you notice—outside the window, there's nothing there. Just an endless black void. What happened? Where are you? How do you get back to reality? — Writer’s Digest

IntShoWriMo 2016 Prompts: Day 3

Choose an emotional event from your past and transmute it into a fictional scene. Create new, imagined consequences that nonetheless reflect the true anguish of the moment. How can turning fact into fiction construct a distance between the life and the work that offers a new take on an intense situation? — PW.Org

Write a story about a father looking for his son. The child was one of the passengers in a plane that crashed earlier that day. — creativewritingprompts.com

Every time you step out the door of your house, you hear a 'tick' in the recesses of your mind, like a countdown. Its been 10 years since the first 'tick'. Now it's ticking faster than it ever has... — Reddit

You meet a character who cannot keep his private thoughts private. — Writing.Com

IntShoWriMo 2016 Prompts: Day 2

Write a scene in which a character—human or animal—finds himself in a situation where he is a fish out of water. Does he explore the new and foreign environment surrounding him, or is he in need of rescue? — PW.Org

Your first experience at a concert. — Writing.Com

You are a professional assassin for the CIA. But you are also a double agent. One day, you are assigned with killing a foreign agent. This foreign agent is your other alias. — Reddit

After a grueling day at work you go home. The sweet allure of your couch and captain crunch is over powering! You arrive at the door, stick in the key, yank it open and … see a writhing horde of Minotaur chanting in the night and then one notices you and charges. You slam the door, wait a minute and try again. This time it’s a mountain with climbers clambering up the towering heights. One waves at you. What do you do? What’s going on with this door of yours? Do you go in? — Writer’s Digest

IntShoWriMo 2016 Prompts: Day 1

You are renting a room in someone’s house as you transition to living in a new city. The owner tells you that basement is absolutely, 100% off limits. You don’t bat an eye at this request, until you start hearing noises from the basement at night. After several week of this, you sneak downstairs to see what’s going on. Finish the scene. — Writer’s Digest

Sorry, but swimmers are not allowed to ... — Writing.Com

You see a light at the end of the tunnel but it’s everything but inviting. It seems to possess a personality with an evil aura who is more likely to eat you up than convey you to safety. How did you get in the tunnel in the first place? Who is in the light? Do you yield to the glow and its evil presence? Write your story. — Akpan

In a world of crime, you alone have the ability to shoot things from your hands. Fireballs, ice, you name it. Only, what comes out is completely random. — Reddit

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This is my 5th year of taking a shot at writing 30 stories in 30 days. I hope to make the best of it and I believe you'll put your back to make it work out fine on your end.

Once again, welcome to IntShoWriMo 2016.

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Akpan

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 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 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