January Writing Prompts

★New Year, Old Me

New year’s is not going how you expected. Not in the least. During the New Year’s Eve celebrations, you noticed a strange cloud on the horizon of the sky that no one else seems to pay attention to. Quickly, it culminates into an enormous storm before blowing everyone and everything about. Somehow, perhaps by falling and hitting your head, you’re knocked out. Only to wake up and find yourself on January 1st of the previous year.

★Vulnerable

You’re a reckless teen who has little to no regard for your own safety. Fed up with your act, your guardian angel quits. But little did you know what he was really protecting you from….

★A Mysterious Read

You go to check out book at your local library to find there is a book reserved at the desk for you. The cover is blank so you don’t know the title. Confused and unable to remember whether or not it was you who reserved the book, you take it home and begin to read. To your surprise, the book describes the beginning of your day, right up until you checked the book out. But there is more to read….

★Fish Bait

You are a farm boy who lives near a lake and herds goats and sheep for a living. One day, you decide to fish for your supper. But, to your surprise, you find something much bigger than a fish at the end of your line. You have caught the famed Capricorn.

★Cursed Castle

You are the daughter of a wealthy family who happens to own a castle. You don’t exactly live like a princess like expected. In fact, the castle is simply a tourist attraction and is the means by which your family makes their living. One day, while helping your mom clean the basement of the castle, you see a full suit of armor walk from one end of the hall to another before disappearing around the corner. Confused and amazed, you inform your mother who of course doesn’t believe you, chalking it up to the wild imagination of a child. But you know what you saw. And other weird things begin to happen….

Garnet Heart

The year is 2052, and you are a robotic scientist who has achieved much in your life. Your specialty is developing incredibly intelligent AI, and, for an upcoming Science Event, you decide to design a new, and innovative Robot: The GEM. The GEM design is a humanoid robot design with a chamber in the robot’s chest where you can place an item. You chose a Garnet, and your first GEM robot comes to life. You later find out that the personality of the robot depends on the gem you place in their chest.

7 thoughts on “January Writing Prompts

      1. You’ve got some amazing gears turning in that head to come up with all these neat ideas, I’ll just say that. You’ve inspired me to air out all my old plot bunnies and see which ones I should keep and which ones I should donate to the interwebs. I know the memory on my computer would thank me!

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      2. Yes! I have an old USB drive that is practically bulging (thats an odd mental image but you know what I mean) with unused lists and prompts that I’ll never use. Hopefully someday else can use them even if I dont.

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      3. At least you’ve got all yours in one place! Mine are scattered to the four winds. Maybe that can be my resolution for this year: clean up my computer so it doesn’t look like a maniac uses it.

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      4. Sounds like a good resolution! I have about a yearly cleaning of my USB drives and devices where I makes sure I have updated back ups and everything organized. It sometimes piles up on me anyways though 😂

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