In honor of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it’s time to up the word count. Perhaps this prompt will assist you with getting your current WIP (work in progress) completed. Perhaps it will help you start one. This prompt is going to use an old writing trope with (I hope) a bit of a twist.
If you use this in your NaNoWriMo work, I’d love to hear about it. BTW, I’m bumping up the wordcount to account for the “novel” part of NaNoWriMo.
Da Prompt:
The heir to the kingdom / major company / planetary ruler has disappeared in the midst of an invasion / hostile takeover. As the new “rulers” hunt down the heir and consolidate their power, the “resistance” searches for the heir and prepares to fight the invaders. Any amount of time can pass between the initial takeover and the fight to get things back. The protagonist is caught between both sides, trying to make things right.
The caveat (or twist): Your protagonist CANNOT be the missing heir. Also, both sides (rulers and resistance as whole entities) are bad guys.
Wordcount: Minimum 10,000 words.
That is today’s writing prompt. Now get writing.
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Writers are frequently asked the question “Where do you get your ideas?” The question is a hard one to answer because we all find our inspiration in different places. Some people need to be given prompts, little snippets of ideas to spark their imaginations.
With that in mind, I am posting Writing Prompt Wednesdays. The goal is to inspire writers with exercises meant to train their skills and fire up the creative juices. There are rules. Most prompts will have associated word counts or style instructions. These are not meant to restrict the writer, but give the writer a chance to explore different ways of writing.
If you are an author in search of that one juicy idea, I hope these posts help. If you have ideas for writing prompts, please let me know.
Da Rules:
1) Anything goes so long as you stick to the spirit of the prompt.
2) I ask that if you do publish something based on one of my prompts, that you post the good news (and the link) in the comments of the prompt that inspired your success. You want other people to help you celebrate, right?
