Writing Prompt #157

Writing Prompt #157: She jumped at the sound of his voice right beside her ear, she hadn’t heard him approach.

Writing Prompt #156

Writing Prompt #156: He got the engine going eventually with a cloud of grey foul smelling smoke erupting from the exhaust.

Echidna (Story Fragment)

The echidna waddled peacefully through the grass nosing under fallen branches and bark for insects. A larger creature skidded on rocks and loose earth and it instinctively dove for cover under a rock only leaving its spiny back exposed. It hadn’t bothered to see that made the noise just knew instinctively to find shelter before something decided to scoop it up and eat it. It waited for silence to resume then slowly extricated itself from under the rock and wandered off. It was completely unaware of the still and silent presence looming over it.

Writing Prompt #155

Writing Prompt #155: Her cat wove between her ankles nearly tripping her and she bent to pick him up.

Writing Prompt #154

Writing Prompt #154: He wasn’t sure but he thought he knew the voice from somewhere.

Writing Challenge #7

Writing Challenge #7: Choose a household object now write a dialogue between you and the object.

Writing Prompt #153

Writing Prompt #153: She lay on her stomach on the floor trying to breathe quietly and hoping they wouldn’t look under the bed.

Writing Prompt #152

Writing Prompt #152: He made sure both feet had firm footholds before he looked around for his next hand hold.

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Writing Prompt #6:

‘Where are you going?’

‘To take a picture.’

‘Of what?’

‘I don’t know yet.’

Writing Prompt #151

Writing Prompt #151: She shrugged knowing it would piss the bully off and show just how little his word meant to her.

Writing Prompt #150

Writing Prompt #150: The kitchen was the biggest and most well stocked he’d ever seen, it was like a dream come true for an aspiring chef.

Writing Prompt #149

Writing Prompt #149: His grandmother could make anyone behave even the bear that got out at the zoo took one look at her and sat down meekly.

Writing Prompt #148

Writing Prompt #148: She couldn’t remember the last time she’d felt even a little safe.

Writing Prompt #147

Writing Prompt #147: Shampoo dripped into his eyes making them burn but he didn’t care, he just had to get the smell of her off his skin.

Writing Challenge #6

Writing Challenge #6: Choose an animal that would make an unlikely pet now write an ad selling it as a pet. For example a boa constrictor or a giant squid.

Writing Prompt #146

Writing Prompt #146: The lock on the door was too sophisticated for even her to pick, she was trapped.

Writing Prompt #145

Writing Prompt #145: ‘I know you don’t listen to me but maybe this time you should,’ she said, ‘unless of course you all want to die.’

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Writing Prompt #5:

‘So you don’t live in toadstools?’

‘Of course not what do you think we are common fairies.’

Writing Prompt #144

Writing Prompt #144: They had been living life inside a bubble for more than a century now but they would never be safe from each other.

Writing Prompt #143

Writing Prompt #143: ‘Can anybody fly this thing?’ he asked ‘If not I’ll just give it my best shot.’

Writing Prompt #142

Writing Prompt #142: They come snapping at his heels the hellhounds from next door, little fluffy white hellhounds.

Writing Prompt #141

Writing Prompt #141: All that they fought for was gone in a matter of seconds swept away by the torrent of water.

Don’t Assume (Story Fragment)

Kay peered down through the skylight at the family sitting around the table. The youngest a boy reached for the bread and one of the older girls pulled it away responding to the mother’s command. She couldn’t see a father the boys were all too young. She looked closer. The children didn’t seem at all alike but half resembled the mother in some feature. They must have different fathers she decided and they all must have left. Then the kitchen door opened. The children jumped up to great the woman who walked in, their other mother Kay realised. Kay could now see the woman’s resemblance to the other children. Kay smiled down at the family she should have known better than to assume.

Writing Prompt #140

Writing Prompt #140: She fake smiled so he won’t see how much pain she was in.

Writing Challenge #5

Writing Challenge #5: Write a letter to your future self, to your past self or to your future children.

Writing Prompt #139

Writing Prompt #139: He realized she loved herself more than she could ever love him but somehow that didn’t matter.

Writing Prompt #138

Writing Prompt #138: In the box beneath the bed is a letter that was never read.

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Writing Prompt #4:

‘Who’s there?’

‘Me.’

‘Come in I’ll put a cuppa on.’

Writing Prompt #137

Writing Prompt #137: The moon was like a spotlight on the lake and the solitary swan a solo dancer.

Writing Prompt #136

Writing Prompt #136: She woke up to find the summer gone she’s been in a coma for months.

Writing Prompt #135

Writing Prompt #135: He met this girl for the first time on Saturday night and it turned out she wasn’t a girl.

Swamp Dwellers (Story Fragment)

The fog drifted around her. She could barely make out the trees around her or even her feet. She walked carefully knowing if she stepped off the path and into the swamp it could swallow her in seconds if she was lucky or drag her slowly down centimetre by terrifying centimetre as she struggled to free herself. She felt for the next stone with her left foot. As a child she’d been able to run along these hidden paths with her eyes shut but she hadn’t been home in years. She had never wanted to come back but now she was, one careful step at a time. She had to warn them and she was the only one who could that still cared enough.

Writing Prompt #134

Writing Prompt #134: He felt like he won when he lost the fight, than was how it was with vampires, when you stopped fighting and just let them drink it felt so incredibly good at least until later.

Writing Prompt #133

Writing Prompt #133: Now it seems her only chance is giving up the fight, she has to choose between surrender and survival or defiance and death.

Writing Challenge #4

Writing Challenge #4: Find a small random object, write about the journey it went on before you found it.

Writing Prompt #132

Writing Prompt #132: He couldn’t escape if he wanted to not that he did the cage he was in made sure of that.

Tell Me All About You…

I really like these questions posted on inkbiotic here is the link to Tell Me About You…

If you are a blogger, how would you describe what you write about? Are there specific themes you stick to or a style you use? (feel free to add a link)
– I am currently posting daily writing prompts. I also write short stories and poems. I don’t stick to any particular theme or genre but I do like to incorporate a little magic in most things. I used to post more random stuff but I’ve decided to narrow the focus of my blog just a smidge.

Do you write driven by inspiration or do you struggle to find things to say?
– Sometimes I am just inspired to write and other times I have to force myself to write. Sometimes I just feel like writing and have no idea what I am going to write about until I pick up the pen but the writing just flows out. Other times I have this really great idea of what to write about but when I start writing it just wont flow.

Which kinds of posts do you most like writing? Do other people like reading them?
– I like writing stories best and people seem to like them.

What wouldn’t you ever write about? Why?
– I wouldn’t ever write about something I found boring unless I had good reason too.

What’s your favourite post that you’ve written? (again, add a link if you like) What did you like about it? Did other people ‘get’ it?
– I think my favourite story I have posted so far is The Lovers it is a very short story. I liked the fact that it had more than one layer to it and I did this deliberatly which I don’t often think about. People still enjoyed it as a story but I know there is a metaphorical story hidden between the lines. I don’t know if anyone picked up that it was about consent. Maybe I should change the title but I didn’t want to make it obvious.

What’s your favourite post that someone else has written? What about it caught your attention?
– I have lots of favourites but here is one that I could find again. It is one of my favourite posts is Drop & Roll – Bend & Rub posted on life with luna cat which is a blog written mostly from the perspective of luna the cat. It is very entertaining to read.

Do you keep a blog because you want it to lead somewhere? Or do you just like writing?
– I keep a blog because I like writing and if it does lead somewhere that would be great and I kind of hope it might but mostly I keep it because I enjoy it.

What sort of blogs do you most like to read? Personal? Stories? Factual? Pictures?
– I like to read a variety but I especially like poetry, stories (any stories) and pictures always grab my eye.

What kind of posts put you off reading? Is there anything else about a blog that puts you off (eg fonts, popups)?
– I don’t like giffs or lots of movement of the page it makes my eyes hurt when I’m trying to read, especially if there is more than one.
– If the post doesn’t have a title I probably won’t click on it, just put ‘untitles’ it is easier to access.
– I struggle to read a post if the colour of text and the background colour are to similar for example both dark or both light, this is only okay if there isn’t much to read.
– A huge chunk of italics or swirly font can be off putting. Fancy fonts are great in small doses though.

When do you write and read blogs? From work? On the toilet? Inside a volcano?
– I usually read and write blog posts in bed. I used to do it in my free time at uni.

inkbiotic

Hello fellow Blogsters,

Over the past year, I’ve rattled on quite enough about me, now I want to know about you. Sometimes blogging can feel like I’m throwing posts out to the world, with no real clue what I’m doing. It makes me wonder how other people go about blogging and what it means to them. It doesn’t matter if you are a regular reader or are just in the mood to chat, I want to know about YOU. Please answer in the comments below, or if you feel particularly inspired, you can write on your own blog and put a link in the comments.

Questions, questions, questions…

If you are a blogger, how would you describe what you write about? Are there specific themes you stick to or a style you use? (feel free to add a link)

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Writing Prompt #131

Writing Prompt #131: She was defeated, he won the war but if he let her live she would find a way to win the next war.

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Writing Prompt #3:

‘Run!’

‘Why?’

‘We have to get home before dark.’

‘Why?’

‘We’ll be eaten, now run!’

Writing Prompt #130

Writing Prompt #130: ‘There is no other place in this world I would rather be than in this cave with you’ she said to the dragon.