Earlier today, I posted 10 writing prompts from the Seventh Sanctum Story Generator. This time around, I am using the same generator, but have used the Modern setting. Below I've posted another 10 writing prompts for you:
1. This is a mockumentary. The story is about an incoherent linguist who has a crush on a veterinarian. It takes place in a port city in Norway. The crux of the story involves someone discovering a report about themselves.
2. The story is about a linguist who has a mysterious admirer: a conceited movie reviewer. It takes place in a port city in Finland. The critical element of the story is a kidnapping. Drug smuggling plays a major role in this story.
3. This is a mystery story. The story is about an acrobatic priestess who is constantly opposing an airline pilot. It starts in a small city in the Arctic. The issue of gay rights plays a major role in the story.
4. This is a deconstruction of a classic legend. The story is about media technicians. It starts in a manufacturing city in the Arctic. World hunger plays a major role in this story.
5. This is a story about confusion and the oddities of the human condition. The story is about a heroine, an ugly theologian, and a sleazy spy who was once married to an awestruck gambler. It starts in a village in Cuba. The critical element of the story is a repentance. The internet plays a major part in the story.
6. The story is about a CIO who is obsessed with a mean-spirited priest. It takes place in a tourist town. The story climaxes with someone questioning authority.
7. This is a tale about deliverance. The story is about a snide talk show host. It takes place in a funeral home in a large city. The story climaxes with an eavesdropping. Archaeology versus respecting native cultures plays a major role in this story.
8. This is an escape-from-prison story with a focus on nihilism. The story is about a weak-willed thief who has a mysterious admirier: a coach. It starts in a synagogue in Buenos Aries. The story climaxes with a door being opened. The effect of globalization on culture plays a major role in this story.
9. This is a study-in-contrasts piece with an emphasis on overcoming obstacles. The story is about a peaceful construction worker who is in debt to a chemist. It takes place in a condominium in Vancouver. The internet plays a major part in the story.
10. The story is about a park ranger. It takes place in a port city in Switzerland. The story begins with a robbery.
Kudos to Steven Savage for creating the wonderful prompts found at the Seventh Sanctum website.
In the spirit of sharing, I've decided to start posting randomly generated writing prompts for you the reader. For today's list, I've generated 10 fantasy plots using the Seventh Sanctum Story Generator. I am sure that some of these plots will get the cogs moving.
1. This is a tale about romance and people's tenancy to be dishonest. The story is about a gladiator who is constantly annoyed by a poet. It takes place in a village. The story begins with a tragedy.
2. This is an epic about questing. The story is about a knight. It takes place on our world after a disaster brought about the return of magic. A magical accident plays an important role.
3. This is a rags-to-riches story with an undercurrent about responsibility and how people are a lot alike. The story is about a conjurer who has a legendary Grimoire. It takes place in a solar system of magical space travel. The story ends with the discovery of a lost item.
4. The story is about a nun and a combative druid. It takes place in a frozen nation on a prairie world artificially created by magic. The destruction of a magical artifact plays an important role.
5. The story is about an ambassador, a knight, a hunter, and a bloodthirsty magician. It starts in a fiery police state in a magical universe. A new kind of magic is evolving in the story.
6. The story is about a kind king, a selfish wizard, an addled heroine, and a prince who is in love with a champion. It takes place in a cursed land. The crux of the story involves smuggling.
7. The story is about an ethical gladiator, a plain rascal, and an aloof shaman. It takes place in a castle in a colony. The critical element of the story is an intimidation. Recovering magical artifacts and knowledge is a major part of the story.
8. This is a road-trip story with an undercurrent about jealousy and how the invention of man can destroy him. The story is about a wizard who was once married to a fisherman. It takes place in a village on a shadowy world of forbidden magic. The story begins with a death and ends with an adoration.
9. This is an odd-couple-teams-up tale. The story is about a driven businessperson who must work with a predictable mentor. It starts on our world in a magical age. Magic is fading in power, and that plays an important role in the story.
10. This is a road trip tale with an undercurrent about xenophobia. The story is about a conjurer who is best friends with a smart watchman. It starts in an impoverished kingdom. The critical element of the story is a war.
Kudos to Steven Savage for creating the wonderful prompts found at the Seventh Sanctum website.
In response to recent success doing freewrite exercises over Twitter, I have decided to share the exercise with you, so that you can try it out for yourself. For those of you that are unaware, a freewrite is a no-holds barred writing exercise where you write anything that comes to mind, no matter what it is. The idea is to write with no inhibitions and no restrictions to stifle creativity.
One of the beautiful things about the freewrite is that you can easily modify your workspace to direct your energy, or leave it as is. The ability to customize your own freewrite experience also gives you the chance to try out new methods for spurring creativity and can be added into your normal writing routine to break things up a bit.
1. Allot Time: Set aside a time when your writing will not be disturbed. This can be a lose period, or a timed session. (I've been shooting for 30 minute bursts of late, which seems to work well.) Don't chicken out at the last minute either. You must dedicate yourself to the activity otherwise you won't get as much reward from doing it.
2. Prepare Your Writing Area: Preparing an area for the purposes of maximizing your writing output is different from writer to writer, so you should create a spot that makes you feel comfortable. This should sponsor a safe environment for you to work in (ergonomics)which includes good posture & lighting, as well as removing any items that might cause you undue annoyance or harm (e.g. power cables).
If you are using a desk chair, which most people will be during this exercise & writing in general, then make sure that it is safe to use. After all, it is difficult to write when you have a broken tail bone. Obviously you need to keep good posture when you're actually writing, and this will help keep you alert and free from drowsiness or lack of blood flow. Note also that even a typically well-lit room that offers lots of natural lighting can be darkened due to cloud cover, so keep another light source at the ready, just in case.
3. Reduce Distractions: Switch off any electronic devices (e.g. TV or Radio) or computer programs (e.g. Solitaire) that you believe will create a distraction for you while writing. Shut down ALL web-pages. Take your phone off of the hook if need be. Make sure that you are hydrated and have gone to the toilet before starting the session. Aware loved ones of this so that they won't interrupt you unless it is an emergency.
4. Added Extras: If you want to direct your creative energy, then feel free to add a variety of different audio & visual stimuli around your workplace. This can range from posters to ambient sounds, and postcards of far-off places to music. I'd also recommend posting quotes on a wall so that you simply have to look up to read it. If you feel so inclined then create a montage of images and a playlist as well. The key thing is to make your writing accessible while you are looking at your imagery or switching between audio with minimal work on your part.
5. Write: Open up your word processor document or bring out the stationary and start writing. If you are doing a timed exercise, then set your alarm, but if you feel like continuing after the timer goes off then keep on going - use that energy while you still have some momentum.
6. Journal: Make sure that you journal your thoughts, feelings, results (e.g. wordcount) and general information about the freewrite, as well as take down details of what stimuli (or lack thereof) you used during the exercise. Keeping a Journal of these details will enable you to further customize your writing sessions, as it will enable you to identify areas that did and did not help the creative process.
For those that are using the timed method, I highly recommend yTimer, a program that allows you to set alarms for certain times, software created by talented author & programmer, Simon Haynes. There are numerous e-journals and Diary programs as well, though these may not be as useful as a spreadsheet that you can customize.
In following weeks I will be producing a writing journal spreadsheet if anybody is interested. If you want me to let you know when its available then why not subscribe to the newsletter on the Writing Tools page, and I'll send out an alert when the spreadsheet goes live. If you'd like to be involved in joint freewrites with yours truly, then follow me over twitter as well (@keikomushi) being sure to let me know that it would interest you, or you can start your own group activity.
Best of luck with your writing endeavors!
Some of you might be wondering what I've been up to in recent weeks of apparent inactivity. Well, a lot actually.
1. I learned that I would need to move further north soon, which means house-hunting, and in this case we will be going into a co-ownership deal with another friend that work in the area that my hubby is being forcibly transferred to. Its a huge deal which brings with it a bunch of opportunities as well as responsibilities.
2. I've been doing some major networking with some people over twitter and GMail. This relates to establishing more interest in ebooks, audiobooks and podcast fiction in Australia, as well as getting some attention for some well-deserved writers. It basically equated to sending out numerous emails, waiting for replies, chatting over Twitter, eating lots of junk food, drinking plenty of soda, then waiting for people to making contact with each other in a fashion similar to placing small animals in a bag and shaking it slightly to stir things up a bit. :-D
3. I've begun recording the first book in the Universal Warrior series for the talented author Avery K. Tingle, a saga that began as a webserial around Christmas time. It features, Angels, Demons, and other supernatural creatures engaged in a war that is currently leading to the creation of Archangels. Exciting stuff, and I only hope that I am doing the story justice.
4. I've been working on improving my writing habits so that I make it easier to put hand to keyboard.
5. General work on improving my attitude towards different aspects of my life has also been a large focus of my life as well, because I know that I've been lacking attentiveness in recent times. I feel the burden that has weighed me down for some time now, being lifted from my wearing shoulders the more that I work on this area, and with this comes renewed strength and will.
6. I've been spending a lot of my time playing on the Wii, as well as trying to improving my spin-bowling for cricket, a sport that completely baffles my husband.
That's it apart from apart from suffering from a bout of Zombie-ism, which I was later cured by James Melzer.
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