You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
Have you ever thought about your character's birth?
When is their birthday?
What were the circumstances of their birth?
Did their parents plan for them or were they unplanned?
Did their parents want a child (or another child, if your character isn't the firstborn)?
How did their parent(s) or other family members feel during and immediately after the birth?
If they have older sibling(s), what was their reaction to your character's arrival?
Who chose their name?
Why was this name chosen?
Were there any special ceremonies, rituals or events to mark the occasion of their birth or their naming?
You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
Does your character consider themselves to be outdoorsy or do they prefer to stay inside?
Sparks of inspiration can come from anywhere. I am constantly viewing the world through a storyteller’s eyes, and my ideas are inspired by everything from the most commonplace situations of daily life to the most unexpected occurrences.
This blog’s Sunday feature is Sunday Sparks, a series of prompts to help get you thinking in new directions about your characters and their lives and interactions. These prompts will be broad and non-specific on purpose, The challenge will be to use your creativity in interpreting them and to craft a story or a scene inspired by them.
This week’s prompt is: one character proposes something to another
This week's dialogue-based writing prompt is:
“You can’t blame it on me this time.”
You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
What is your character's favourite animal?
You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
Has your character ever broken a bone? More than one? If so, how did this happen?
Answer these questions on your own, or reblog this and invite your followers to ask you about your original characters!
Which of your characters spends the most time using a computer? What are they doing?
Which character plays video games? What games do they play?
Which character constantly has their phone in their hand?
Which character is a technophobe and wishes for the ‘good old days’ before computers, smartphones and the internet?
Which character spends the most time on social media?
Which character pretends to know a lot about ‘internet culture’ or social media culture even though they know very little?
Which character is proud of being technologically challenged?
Which character gets frustrated quickly when trying to use (or learn how to use) technology?
Which character apparently knows how to use every feature of every device?
Which character feels stressed out or panicked when the WiFi isn’t working?
Which character is happy or relieved when the WiFi isn’t working?
Which character gets excited about subjects such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality environments?
Choose one of your characters, and have them tell a story in their own words. Try to get inside your character’s head, and write the piece from the first-person point of view.
For an added challenge, pick a character whose perspective you don’t normally write from.
* Your story does not have to be a monologue. You can include other characters and as much or as little dialogue as you like.
This week’s prompt is: It was the first rainbow I’d ever seen
You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
What is your character's favourite dessert?
You can answer the question for your character(s) or write a piece that incorporates the question.
What is your character's comfort level with technology?
Are they tech-savvy, average, not good at using tech, or are they a non-user?
Is there a specific reason for their skill level?
Would they like to improve?
What are their views on technology in general?
This is place where you can find character development questions, writing prompts, writing challenges and creativity exercises(may contain mature content)
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