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This is week.... 5?

Sorry about the delay, STUFF HAPPENED.

So in this week's free writing, I thought we could all CHALLENGE ourselves. That is, if you usually write first person, try writing third person, and vice versa. Are you great at writing dialogue but skimp on the descriptions? DESCRIBE something then. Some suggestions:

- Describe a place, from the POV of one of your characters if you like
- Write a brief "action" sequence. A short slap-fight between friends? Or an epic battle between mortal enemies?
- Write something without any dialogue at all, using only character actions to get motivations across.
- ...or write something with nothing but dialogue, and have the reader infer the actions from what is being said.

In the end, it doesn't matter what you decide to write, as long as it deviates from your "standard" fare.

theserubyshoes

Use one, use a lot, use them all, use one from a previous week instead...whatever you'd like.

Words:

Metal
Incentive
Fade
Chance
Ability

Phrases:

subtle release
repent for the luxury
generic comfort
smiling at nothing
sleeping in the afternoon

First Sentences (complete and incomplete):

He tried to remember who had talked him into this.

"You know...nothing's as tempting as a locked door"

It wasn't her fault.

The cold steel pressed against my neck and...

She knew she ought to pay for it, but...

truestory

XD Obviously I lied when I said I'd have another prompt post up by Wednesday. Somehow work ate my life. But! Here's another prompt post for the last day of the prompt week, hopefully to give you that one short burst!

Mist
Close the curtains
Brain-washed
Thumbelina

Challenge: Pick someone you've met but don't actually know, and write your story/character based on this person. Maybe your character has the same occupation, or the same looks, or the same annoying habit of scratching their nose every time they look you in the eye. Explore.

Super Challenge: Do as many five-minute freewrites as you can throughout the day, using as many prompts as you can (one prompt her piece). Remember--anything 100 words or more counts as a drabble and can be posted on the community! Person who does the most prompts at the end of the day wins a shiny banner for their profile and a prize! (cut-off time is 11:59 pm, in whatever time zone you're in).

truestory

Hey fellow writers! =D I'm really excited to see that the prompts are helping some of you, and hope that more of you (the community now has 24 members!) will benefit from the prompts and share your writing with us.

I'm really bad at doing huge one-post prompts, so what I'm going to do instead is make several prompt posts. Please bear with me! Prompts for the first part of the week:

Made-up words
Sketchy
Release me
Like ants
Knife wound

Challenge:
From the Observation Deck by Naomi Epel: Create a need. Make your character want something, whether it be something as simple as a glass of water, or something as important as findingTheBookorI'llDIEOMG. "Humans beings are constantly yearning. Every moment we are wanting something. Even if the desire is not to desire. Or if the desire is to desire."

=D Have fun! I'll be back on Wednesday for another prompt post!

without_wings

This week we're getting our inspiration from music. Forget the lyrics, or if you love/hate/have-never-heard-of any of these before. This week we're using solely the song titles as our jumping off points. Have fun and lots of luck! :D

Prompts:

1. Use somebody	2. Living for the night
3. I know you want me	4. It's a business doing pleasure with you
5. Second chance	6. Love your love the most
7. People are crazy	8. Sound of madness
9. Never say never	10. Welcome to the future

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Please indicate which prompt(s) you ended up use and give all the necessary warnings and ratings and don't forget to slide the long ones behind a cut. If you could tag your response with week two that would be fantastically helpful.

pinikir

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first set of prompts (and a challenges). I'm really looking forward to the responses this turns out and I hope people have fun responding to them. So before I start babbling I present you with your choices, do as many or as few as you like:

Prompts
Nickname
Rain
Superstition
Failure

Challenge
Write your response purely as an epistolary narrative e.g. letters, diary entries,newspaper clippings, emails, texts, blog post, IM, Twitter

Please indicate which prompt(s) you ended up use and give all the necessary warnings and ratings and don't forget to slide the long ones behind a cut. If you could tag your response with week one that would be fantastically helpful.

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