Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts

ufow-1673929_1280.jpgWhy are the aliens taking the tricycle? Will the toddler be next? Here’s my idea.

“You have to do something!” Alien Mom ran her three hands through the taut feelers on her head. “We have seventy-five more light years to go, and the kids are driving me crazy!”

“What do you expect me to do?” Alien Dad hunched over the controls of their spaceship. “It’s taking all my concentration to keep this bucket on the flight path.”

“Let’s stop and get them something to play with. Something they’ve never seen before.”

“And how much will that cost?”

“We don’t have to buy it.” Alien mom peers at the chart on the screen. “How about we stop at that weird little blue and white swirly planet?”

Please share your inspiration in the comments below. Have fun!

Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts

chocolatew-2202080_1280How would you explain where it came from? This prompt was inspired by a real-life mystery my friend author and editor Sharyn Kopf faced. She posted on Facebook, asking friends for an explanation.

Here’s mine: “A spy hid a thumb drive in the candy bar. Realizing she was being watched, she slipped the candy bar into Sharyn’s pocket. Now agents from all the major world powers are seeking the candy bar.”

What is your idea? Please share in the comments below.

Monday Sparks — Writing Prompt

figure-skaterw-266512_1280With the Olympics in full swing, I thought a prompt about them would be fun. Can you think of a new sport for the Winter Olympics?

I was thinking of Ice Diving. It’s just like diving at the Summer Olympics, but instead of landing in a pool of water, the divers have to enter the water through a hole in a sheet of ice. Or Ice Polo. Wearing heavy wet suits, two teams follow the regular rules of water polo with the added challenge of playing around chunks of ice.

Please share your ideas in the comments below!

Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts

framew-3106116_1280Here is my acrostic poem or the holiday on Wednesday:

 

Cute little guy flying

Up and down and all around

Piercing hearts with his arrows

In an effort to bring mortals love. Or is it to

Drive them crazy?

 

If you write a Valentine acrostic, please share in the comments below.

Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts

groundhogw-153207_1280In honor of the holiday last Friday, today’s prompt is about groundhogs. The picture book Groundhog Gets His Say by Pamela Curtis Swallow is written like an interview, so it has inspired me to do my own version.

Interviewer: Mr. Groundhog, do you enjoy your celebrity status?

Groundhog: It has its highs and lows.

Interviewer: What are the highs?’

Groundhog: Well, one day a year, I know that I am safe from all attacks. Not many rodents can say that.

Interviewer: And the lows?

Groundhog: The other 364 days.

Please share in the comments below if you are inspired to write an interview.

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