"I love days like this, they have such chaotic energy." —My friend who woke up at 3:30 this morning and drank a pot of coffee If you had to describe the energy of your OCs in one word, what would it be? Make a list of your OCs (it can be all the characters from …
Tag: writing
The Fortune Teller
“Remember that misuse of language can lead to miscommunication, and that miscommunication leads to everything that has ever happened in the whole of the world.”― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale There was a fortune teller in town who everyone thought was a fake, but he was the real deal. He liked to be vague, or even …
The New Kid
“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.”― Albert Camus, The Stranger No one else seemed to notice the transfer student except for Jackie. Jackie had always been friendly and wanted to greet the …
Accidental Criminal
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”― Toni Morrison, Sula She had always wanted to be an artist. The only problem? She wasn't good at anything. She tried painting and drawing, writing, singing, acting, everything she could think of, but it was no use. She had no talent. Then she discovered knife throwing. Not …
Destroying Books
“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly. "― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart Shelly never liked books. Reading made her head hurt, so she made a habit of destroying books in secret. Not just any …
Prompt: Missing Things
“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Charlie had been a sick child. She never really got to go out and play as much as she wanted, and her parents fretted over everything she did. Now, as an …
Prompt: God’s Bane
"A tenth part is her share: nine parts Oceanus winds round the earth and the broad back of the sea with his silver eddies, and falls into the brine, while that one part issues forth from the cliff, a great bane to the gods.”― Hesiod, Theogony It wasn't that he was all that powerful, really. He wasn't …
Prompt: The Demon and the Goody-Two-Shoes
“I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.”― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange Cecilia was a goody-two-shoes. Her whole life she did what she was told and what she felt was write. If you dropped your pencil, she would pick it up for you. If the dishes were dirty, she would wash …
Prompt: Sneaking into Church
“Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.”― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses Carrie hadn't gone to church since she was a kid, but recently, whenever her parents came home on Sunday mornings, they acted really weird. Like eyes-blank, sit-on-the-couch-doing-nothing-for-hours, weird. Once, she had even …
Prompt: Wishing Death
“Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else.”― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man Being just a kid, Charlie never thought that wishing someone dead would do the trick, but after getting grounded for the hundredth time, Charlie couldn't help but wish. He woke up the next morning to his parents lying …
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