PROMPT NUMBER LAST PROMPT HOLY CRAP (...52)

Dang.

Well, this is it, I guess. To give a grisly end to a year of often-macabre prompts, here is...

Write a short story of 1,000-10,000 words based on the following:

She'd expected getting stabbed in the stomach to hurt at least a little more. But to humor her attacker, she supposed she should act like she was in agony.

Hope you had a very merry whatever-religion-you-are holiday or Festivus if you're atheist!

And a joyous New Year!

-Winter

Prompt #51 (?!?)

Wow.  I guess we are winding down.

Here's my prompt:
"This is the time of year when you start to wonder if the tickle monster is the new vampire."

Happy Holidays!

PROMPT NUMBER FIFTY (innit)

Phew. Not long to go now, folks!! Just three stories, three prompts, three weeks...you get the gist! Now here's the prompt for this week.

Write 1-10k based on/inspired by on the following:

I believe she said something like... "Grant me the serenity to change the things I cannot accept, the courage to accept the things I find acceptable, and the wisdom to know when it's time to kick your butt."

Prompt #49

ACK! latelatelate

Write a short story of 1,000-10,000 words based on the following:

He wouldn't have died if he'd known what the word "hydrogenated" meant.

Sorry for dropping the ball so frequently...

All the best,

Winter

Prompt #48

Oops.  My turn again.

Hopefully, this will be short, simple and easy:

"Yep, that's my neighborhood."

Good luck!

Prompt 47...!

Yeah, Prompt #46 is missing. Maybe it'll turn up at some point?

For now, here is number 47:

Write 1,000-10,000 words based on the following:

As soon as I saw you, I knew today was going to suck.

Prompt #46

A retrospective prompt for a retrospective post:

If she could have done it all again, she might have chosen not to trust the talking animals. Such things are rarely trustworthy.

Winter

Prompt #45

Hi!  Hope you're all faring better in NaNo than I am at the moment.  Here's this week's prompt:

______(Fill in the blank)______ is an abomination.

Good Luck!

PROMPT NUMBER FORTY-FOUR (44)

It's All Hallow's Eve, All NaNo's Eve and other kinds of eves I have no doubt. In honour of various kinds of creepiness I am going to give you the following two prompts to choose from (for which you will attempt to write 1-10k of prose, if you're crazy enough!):

(1)

Fell down a well

It should be pretty

Like a little fairy tale

(2)

"I'll bring you back from where you've gone

On All Hallow's Eve"

-Type O Negative

Enjoy!!

PROMPT NUMBER FORTY-THREE

Your prompt for this week!

Write a short story of 1-10,000 words based on the following:

She was like a sponge, he mused...

Good luck!

-the absent-so-often-it-seriously-isn't-funny Winter

Prompt #42

So, it's my turn to prompt again.  Only, I'm behind.  Really, really behind.

Being behind makes me want to give ya'all an easy prompt this week, like this:

"You can have seconds, if you want."

Do you get where I'm going with this?  (Hint: seconds, think dinner).  I hope you do.

PROMPT NUMBER 41

Um, yeah. This prompt is late too. For shame!!!! I cower...and somethin' :P

Anyway...here it is.

Write a short story of 1,000-10,000 words (or prose, like those other times we said it) based on the following:

Hey... Do you remember

where I left my soul?

PROMPT NUMBER FORTY

Jeez, that's a lot of prompts! Can't believe it's been a whole year - I've really got to get back on top of things.

Of course, that means I have to finish these darn college applications first. -___-

And, in the spirit of that:

Write a short story (1-10k prose; .333-3.333k verse) based on the following:

"The last time I checked, you didn't have to apply to become a demon from hell."

Good luck! Hope that's not too specific for your tastes.

-Winter

Prompt THIRTY NINE

Almost forgot that it was my turn to prompt again. 

Well, it's almost October, which means that a lot of us are either thinking about NaNoWriMo or avoiding thinking about NaNoWriMo.  In the spirit of doing the first rather than the second of these two things, I thought it would be fun to give you this prompt:

(1K-10k prose/333-3,333 verse)

"This is the short version of my story, the simplest way I can possibly tell it."

Good luck and sign up for Nano early before the site gets bogged down.

PROMPT NUMBER 38

I've got a confession to make, people - I still haven't finished last week's story! But I will. Just got to...slap myself around a little. Suffice it to say the story already got weird - a girl's liver is talking to her. Or rather, it's telling her off, practically screaming at her. Not quite sure how it's going to end yet... Maybe I'll wind up with a novel about a talking liver??

Anyway...this week's prompt is...this:

Write 1,000-10,000 words of prose (or, ya know, 333-3,333 words of that verse stuff) based on the following:

"That sweltering calm I'd never known

Blue skies and home"

PROMPT NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN

Phew. I'm alive, though school is trying its hardest to make that not be true. So, I bring to you a prompt:

Write a short story of 1-10k words (or verse, 333-3.333k) based on the following:

Seriously, it was the worst thing I could have chosen to choke on.

Best of luck!

Winter

Prompt 36

Hahahahahah!!!!!  Not late this time.   The power of writing things up on Sunday.

I thought I'd give folks a little extra incentive for this prompt.  There is a Titanic (as in that rather large ocean liner from 1912) writing contest on this blog:

http://novelnovice.com/2011/09/02/fateful-by-claudia-gray-titanic-writing-contest/

And . . . for any girls between the ages of 13 and 21, Seventeen.com is giving away a $5000 prize for a 500 word short story on any subject.  That's $10 a word for the winner.  I don't think Charles Dickens was paid that much.  Details here:


 http://figment.com/contests/seventeen/

 Let us know if you've entered or are intending to enter.  We'll <3 you as often as we can.  ;)

Now for the prompt (1k-10k prose/ 333-3,333k verse):

"I know all the best places to hide.  But there are certain precautions you need to take if you don't want them to smell you."

Good Luck!

PROMPT #35

Oooh you thought I forgot didn't ya? Okay maybe not...anyway, this week's prompt is very unoriginal but

This could all be over in a matter of seconds... Should I or shouldn't I?

Hope everyone's going well!

P.S. You may have noticed we've all slacked off on story picks. One excuse is that there aren't many stories to choose from lately! Another is that we're all super busy & can barely keep up with our own stories. I'm thinking the latter is a better reason... hehe. But we have not forgotten any of you!!

PROMPT NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR

Eek, so sorry, everyone! The prompt is late, so... er, how have we dealt with this in the past? Just let it blow over? Okay, cool. Hey, have an extra day to write, on me. :P

Because I'm thinking about nothing but the beginning of school these days, write a short story of 1,000-10,000 words based on the following:

The first time I walked into that classroom was also the last.

Bonne chance! I don't speak French.

~Winter

Prompt 33

Why do I always leave these things until last minute?

So on Wednesday, I have to do a presentation on classroom economies (does anyone remember those from elementary school?) and I had this thought:

"I closed my eyes and reached into the class treasure chest.  Uh oh.  THAT'S not a pencil."

Yep.  That's it.  That's your prompt.   1K-10K prose/333-3,333 verse.

Oh and yeah, go ahead and ask me about bizarre/dangerous ways to implement token economies.  I've been cracking myself up all weekend.