Author: Brooke F.

I’m a college student who has unrealistic dreams of being a famous authoress who writes mystery novels. Either that or a goblin... haven't decided which. I live on a farm up on a hilltop where the wind likes to mess up my hair and the trees sway poetically in the wind.

Writing Prompt: Gems and Crystals

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 You live in a fantasy world named Krysalis that it inhabited by a human like race. They are just like normal people with one exception; they a born with a gem implanted somewhere in their body that enables them to work specific magic, depending on the gem and it’s location. Hand gems imply generally telekinetic like powers while forehead gems imply more telepathic based ones. Gems found on the back generally allow the user to fly or use their magic to create some sort of wings (the kind of wings depend on the gem of course and their magic concentration).

You were born with yours directly over your heart.

Jellyfish in Space

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I have taken a brief break from my writing related posts to bring you this statement:

There are jellyfish who have been to space.

The fact that this statement is true makes me happy as well as utterly curios, as I am sure you are (and a little bit jealous now that I think about it. These little creatures have been to space and somehow I haven’t? The injustice!).

So, why exactly did we, as a human race, decide to send jellyfish to space? Don’t we already have enough weird hobbies?

The answer is actually quite simple: for science.

Funnily enough, this occurred all the way back in the 1990’s (and I’m only just now finding this out! My education has failed me!)

The long answer is it was for a project NASA came up with to launch a load of 2,478 jellyfish polyps. These creatures were contained within flasks and bags that were filled with artificial seawater. Another fun little sub-fact about this experiment is the species they sent into space were called “Moon Jellyfish”.

They then reproduced to where there were near 60,000 jellyfish orbiting our little planet. A whole giant sub group of space jellyfish had been born without any knowledge of Earth’s gravity.

Which was the point.

Scientists did this bizarre experiment to figure out how a jellyfish that developed in space would respond to earthly gravity, because, despite the sea creatures not having legs, they do have a sensitivity to gravity. Turns out a space jellyfish has more issues getting used to earth’s gravity when they were raised in space, implying that a creature raised space’s inner ear and overall body’s sense of gravity is impeded when they are raised in space with 0 gravity. In short, jellyfish, when raised in space, were found unfit for life on Earth.

So what does this prove?

Well it implies the effects being raised in space might have on a person and may mess up their sense of gravity as well. This is important for people to know if we ever want to pursue a space colony of sorts or what would happened if a child were raised on a space expedition.

So yeah! For science!

Writing Prompt: The Great Race

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The time is during the industrial revolution. You are a bright young inventor who creates the design for a giant blimp of an airship. However your design is stolen and copied and produced by a rival company. But as you look over their ship, you realize that they had only stolen a rough draft version of your plans and that your is the better model. To prove yours as the better model and clear your name, you and the rival company take your ships on a race around the world.

Partners In Crime Writing Scenarios

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Some little minor plots to get your creative juices flowing for your Partners in Crime AU or story! Also suitable for role play scenarios or writing prompts. Just roll a die or two and run with the prompt that matches the number! Enjoy!

  1. Bank heist

2. Fake painting copy

3. Forgery

4. Arrested

5. Jail break

6. Street scams

7. Running into gangsters

8. Cooperating with the authorities. 

10. Jewel thief

11. Interrogation 

12. You and a criminal are after the same jewel

13. It’s a trap. 

14. Handcuffed together. 

15. Counterfeit

16. Bailing a friend out of jail

17. Running into an old friend that doesn’t know that you’re a criminal. 

18. Someone is going to squeal on you. 

19. Casino hijinks

20. Injured in a shoot out. 

21. Is there really honor among thieves?

Reverse-Role Fairytales

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You know, I think the only thing I love more than fairytales, are fractured fairytales. Fairytales that creatively expound upon and play around with the original work. I love twisted fairytales where the writer takes the otherwise whimsical tale and spins it in a new and sometimes delightfully horrifying direction.

But just the other day, I thought of a new sort of twist people could put on fairytales~ role reversals. Taking a liking to this Idea, I came up with a few on the spot. I would like to share them with you now!

Rapunzel~

Rapunzel is. instead of a princess, a witch. The villains remain the same as far as roles, as these AU’s aren’t’ strictly just villainizing the princess who was originally a heroine but I wonder what sort of different look the story would take on if Rapunzel was a witch herself who was perhaps locked away by a Queen.

Red Riding Hood~

What if Red Riding Hood was the huntsman? Or perhaps there is a wolf with blood Red fur threatened by a bloodthirsty hunter? There’s just so many different ways you could spin this one and so many directions one could take!

Beauty and the Beast~

What is Belle was the beast? Living peacefully in the castle with the library? No prince coming to save her, just a female beast living peacefully in a castle until a garish hunter tries to interrupt her peaceful life.

The Little Mermaid~

I just want a story about a young sea witch who fears humans and their evil, water polluting ways. Perhaps she becomes a human to infiltrate them? Maybe her plans go awry when she meets the prince? Or perhaps the prince is the villain in this tale. The idea is vague but ripe with possibilities.

Goldilocks~

A heartwarming story about a bear cub with gilded fur who wonders her way into a cottage in the woods. There a family of three finds her and wishes to take care of her. Perhaps she is pursued by a hunter? I don’t know what sort of villain one would implement but I do like the beginning concept.

Rumpelstiltskin~

I want an action packed fantasy tale about a female sort of fae creature and her adventures with trying to con irresponsible nobles and royalty who wish to so flippant promise things they cannot fulfill. The Main character has to have a loveable obsession with shiny objects.

Sleeping Beauty~

Aurora is perhaps a fairy? This one is bit loose in my mind but Aurora playing the role of a dark fairy would be interesting. Perhaps Maleficent cursed her to be like her instead of cursing her with her famed long-term nap?

Hansel and Gretel~

A Magic working pair of siblings go on adventures. Maybe they take pity upon those abandoned in the forest, running a secret magic orphanage in the woods.

Snow White~

I want Snow White to be a dwarf. That is all I want. A cute little Dwarf princess on the run from a ring of twelve hunters sent after her. Why? I don’t know, I haven’t gotten that far in my head.

Character Development Questions

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Hey all! Back with some Quarantine writing content! Describe each thing about your character on the following list to get a better idea of who they are and what they’re like! Kay, bye!

~disintegrates back into the void~

Describe…

1: their voice
2: their smile
3: their greatest achievement
4: their insecurities
5: their shortcomings
6: how they deal with grief
7: how they like to dress
8: what they like to eat
9: their theme
10: their fashion sense
11: their family life
12: their romantic life
13: their embarrassing memory from years ago
14: how they react to burning their tongue on food
15: how they react to a brainfreeze
16: their dreams
17: their ambitions
18: how they sleep
19: their reaction to betrayal
20: their reaction to a mystery love letter
21: how they react to pain
22: what they’re like on two hours of sleep
23: how they act when they’re sick
24: what motivates them
25: why you enjoy them

Try write about a paragraph on each item to further understand your character.