Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 21
Hello Detectives! I hope you’ve had a good few weeks. I’ve been on holiday, playing with Howl the puppy and reading lots of amazing books – expect a video about my favourites in September! I’m not officially back until later this week, so although I’m setting you this prompt now, I haven’t yet had the chance to read your stories from Prompt 20 and pick my favourites. Check back here later to see what they are!
This prompt was suggested by Detective Society member and regular prompt participant Xydel, who wanted to see a romantic theme. So for this week, I’d like you to write a story with a romance!
Your romance can be between anyone – characters you’ve made up, people from your favourite book or film, historical figures … You can have a love triangle, a hopeless romance or a requited passion. Your lovers can get together, stay together or break up. But if your characters do realise they love each other by the end of the story, keep it to kissing only please, as this will be read by Detective Society Members of all ages.
The rules …
It can be as long or as short as you like, and take you as much or as little time as you want.It can be any genre (type) of story you want. If you have an idea for something that I haven’t mentioned (writing a poem! Being inspired by a song you love! Writing non-fiction!), don’t wait for my permission – just go for it! This is your creativity working!You are not allowed to worry about grammar or spelling.You are not allowed to worry if it isn’t perfect, or criticise yourself as you’re writing.You are encouraged to make a plan before you begin, to make it easier for you to get to the end of the story. This can be two words or a whole page! But if you don’t want to do this, you don’t have to.Get to the end of the story without stopping to go back and fix bits you don’t like. Once you’ve finished, read it through again. If you still don’t like those bits, you can edit them now!If you want (and only if you want!) you’re allowed to post the first 500 words of your story in the comments below. I have to moderate the comments so it may take a while for them to show up – please be patient. I don’t want to see you apologising for your story or minimising what you’ve done when you post – writing a story is a triumph and you should be proud!Please do not use your full name when you comment – first names are fine, or you can make up a username that you like! Also remember to stay safe online and not get into private discussions with anyone you don’t know in real life without telling an adult first.If you like someone else’s story, you are allowed to comment to say so! If you’d like to give them ideas that might make their story even stronger, that’s OK, but please be kind and remember how deeply we all care about our writing. A good format for feedback might be something like: ‘I loved ****! Have you thought of ****? I think it might make your story even better!’ I will delete any comment if I feel it’s critical without being constructive.I can’t promise to give feedback on any individual stories – I’m not marking them!This isn’t a competition, and there will be no winners and no prizes, though I may choose a story or two to highlight in future posts.
Good luck, Detectives, and remember: all’s fair in love and war …
