19 June 2013

Writing prompt 5

I was traveling last week so didn't get to post a writing prompt, but I'm back this week!

This whole writing prompt thing started because I have a surplus of ideas I've gotten from my Muse and not enough time to follow through with all of them, though I've also shared some prompts that I use to get myself going.

Today's prompt is another little dialogue that popped into my head that I don't know I'll ever have the opportunity to use for something bigger. But even if this just turns out to be a fun 20-minute freewriting exercise for us, that seems worthwhile to me.

Prompt:
"What the hell just happened?"
"I kissed you."

"Why? Who are you?"

"Who are you and why did you let me?"

If you want a little twist to this week's prompt, try this: Whatever gender you first thought each speaker to be, change it. Or if you assumed that one was a man and the other was a woman, try making them both women or both men. Does that provide a more interesting scenario? How does that change cause the conversation to unfold differently?

2 comments:

  1. What a provocative suggestion! My mind wanders in different directions - like, what if it was two dogs? Or two aardvarks? Or two planets? I love it.

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    1. Clearly you have the creative mind. Would never have occurred to me to make the characters non-humans. Touché, monsieur!

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