Welcome back to Writing Prompt Wednesdays!
Sometimes the best way to learn things about your characters is to write about them in different situations and see how they react. We all wear masks, disguising parts of ourselves from other people. How we act depends on our clothes, environment, and the people around us. If this is true of us, it should be true of our favorite characters too. So what masks do your characters wear?
Reference: Yesterday’s post, an essay on The Masks We Wear inspired today’s writing prompt.
Da Prompt: Take a character from one of your Work in Progress stories and write four job interview scenes based on the below scenarios. The character should be dressed appropriately for each environment. Remember to add in your specfic twist!
Da Scenarios:
1) Job: Pirate. Interview Place: High-priced fancy Restaurant. Interviewers: Lynch Mob
2) Job: Prince or Princess. Interview Place: Rice field. Interviewer: Magical (or alien or god-like) fish.
3) Job: Administrative Assistant. Interview Place: War zone. Interviewer: Army Colonel
4) Job: Superhero or Superhero Sidekick. Interview Place: Hidden Stronghold. Interviewers: Superhero panel that includes one villain representative and one non-super representative.
Da Wordcount: Per scene 500-2,000 words.
Have fun!
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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?
