A Little Prompting #17

Welcome to another week of A Little Prompting.

I didn’t quite manage to reach the deadline of the comp I wanted to sub to. Not a problem as there will be another opportunity later in the year. It will give me a chance to work over my idea thoroughly and address the issues my beta reader gave me to mull over.

THEME	Games
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	The discreet theft of the letter “Q” was the precipitation for divorce.
PHOTOGRAPH
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers
SENSORY SUGGESTION	The stale stench of cigarettes and body odour in the pinball parlour.
QUOTE	“Time is a game played beautifully by children.” – Heraclitus

Have a creative weekend. 

A Little Prompting #16

Welcome to another week of A Little Prompting.

How has your creative life been travelling? Mine’s doing well. Currently working on a short story with aim to sub it for a comp with a May 31 deadline. I need to get cracking.

THEME	The Persistence of Time
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”  ― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married
PHOTOGRAPH	Salvador Dali – The Persistence of Time
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Anthrax – Got The Time
SENSORY SUGGESTION	Feeling the weight of great-grandfather’s pocket watch in the hand of a six-year-old
QUOTE	“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”  ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

 

A Little Prompting #14

Many apologies for the lack of prompts last week. There are many excuses possible; some fanciful, some hyperbolic, some completely fictional.

In truth, it was my wife’s birthday so that will be the focus of this week’s prompts.

THEME	Birthday
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	She waited patiently for her father to pass the silver mixing bowl and purple rubber spatula so she could feast on the streaks of cake mixture left inside.
PHOTOGRAPH	(I couldn’t resist).
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Things of Stone and Wood – Happy Birthday Helen
SENSORY SUGGESTION	The burnt magnesium smell of sparklers wafting on the air.
QUOTE	Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr Seuss

Go forth and (pro)create!

A Little Prompting #12

Pens at the ready? Paint squeezed onto the palette? Pencil sharpened?

Ready. Set. Go! for this week’s set of prompts

THEME	Ego is not a dirty word
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	She felt like a slowly deflating balloon; as fast as she patched the holes new ones appeared.
PHOTOGRAPH	http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/02/apple-installing-safes-retail-stores-gold-plated-apple-watch.html
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Living Colour – Cult of Personality
SENSORY SUGGESTION	The gentle pressure of a shirt collar against the neck as a tie is adjusted.
QUOTE	I fed my ego but not my soul – Yakov Smirnoff

A Little Prompting #5

A Little Prompting

How have you been doing? What have you been creating? I would love to hear if anything has transpired.

Here is this week’s set of prompts.

THEME	Reconnection
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	The telephone wires kept pace with the road; long tendrils connecting the lover and the loved as a physical symbol of their connection
PHOTOGRAPH	http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/04/a-perfect-nobullshit.html
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Box
SENSORY SUGGESTION	The pulse of the dial tone before you hit the buttons
QUOTE	You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation – Plato

A Little Prompting #4

Welcome to the fourth A Little Prompting.

Are you finding some good ideas? What is inspiring you?

When I am compiling the prompts, the focal point could be the theme, the sensory suggestion or a quote. In this case, it’s the song. The groove and quiet delivery of the vocals that intrigue me in this song. One of my favourites to hear on the radio  when I was growing up.

THEME	Isolation
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	She felt the coolness of the vinyl bench seats warming to human contact.
PHOTOGRAPH	http://www.artshole.co.uk/justinebeckett.htm
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
SENSORY SUGGESTION	The taste of bitter, burnt coffee.
QUOTE	Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth – Oscar Wilde

 

A Little Prompting #3

So, how have you all been doing with these prompts? Have they been useful? Have they sparked ideas you’ve planted like seeds in your notebook? Nothing yet?

Here is this week’s prompts.

THEME	Invisible in Plain Sight
RANDOM LINE PROMPT	Pages were torn from the book, not with rage or fury, but with meticulous care, guided by the ruler’s wooden edge and placed in order upon the dining room table.
PHOTOGRAPH	Kevin Carter http://brigitteofseon.wordpress.com/
SONG/MUSIC VIDEO	Pink Floyd – On the Turning Away
SENSORY SUGGESTION	A child’s red t-shirt spotted in the middle of a crowd
QUOTE	If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see – Henry David Thoreau