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We have a prompt from the archives today. This was one of The Red Dress Club’s first prompts, and so much fun! It originally came from this article.
The instructions are below. Come back and link up on Friday’s post. Word limit is 500.
Pick four numbers, each between 1 and 10.
Write them down so you remember.
The first number will be for your character, the second your setting, the third the time and the fourth will be the situation.
Then take the four elements and combine them into a short story.
All four you picked MUST be your main elements, but you can add in other characters, settings, times and situations.
- Character
1. A new mother
2. An actress
3. A recent high school graduate
4. A waitress
5. An alien
6. A homeless man
7. An elderly woman
8. A freshman in high school
9. A college student
10. A musician
- Setting
1. The woods
2. A wedding reception
3. A party
4. A restaurant
5. A mall
6. A park
7. A beach
8. A lake
9. A baseball game
10. A seminar
- Time
1. Winter
2. During a thunderstorm
3. The morning after prom
4. Spring
5. December
6. Midnight or around midnight
7. Summer
8. In the middle of a fire
9. In the middle of a snowstorm
10. The afternoon
- Situation
1. A death
2. Secret needs to be told
3. Someone has or will hurt someone
4. A crime has occured or is about to
5. Someone has lost/found something
6. Someone is falling in love
7. Reminiscing on how things change
8. There has been a family emergency
9. Something embarrassing happened
10. Someone has just gone to the doctor.
This could be fun…or terrifying! Wonder if I’ll have time to do it this week! I’ve had a lot of kids sick lately & haven’t been able to participate much. Had a story in my head for last week and ended up in the hospital overnight with the baby. Ah well. Life. Whaddya do? Off to the doctor’s office to brainstorm.
works for a new helene
technically, for those keeping score at home, mine will be
10, 4, 10, 7 (with a little of 3)
[...] I’m linking up with Write On Edge. I selected four elements at random from the list provided and tried to tie them together in a fictio… The elements I ended up with are: – an elderly woman – a restaurant – midnight or around midnight [...]