I wrote about my “writing prompt exercise” in my welcome post, and here is another one! Enjoy.
Writing prompt
Your character has always believed magic exists. They just didn’t know how close it really was.
Writing prompt exercise
There’s a creature outside my door. Not a weird animal. A creature. I can barely describe it.
Slightly greenish skin covers a body that is about 2-3 feet tall and stocky in build. Brown eyes – not just the irises but the full eyeball! – stare out of a very round head that sits on and almost nonexistent neck. Short legs end in wide feet that move comfortably in the grass. Arms that are too short end in what looks more like pincers than hands – and then, not quite like pincers, either.
I sit at my dining room table and stare. I can’t help it. I’ve never seen anything like this before!
The creature stops walking – gliding? – across the lawn and turns to look at me. It pauses, tilting its head to one side, looking confused. Apparently it thinks I shouldn’t be able to see it.
And I shouldn’t, right? Magic isn’t real, right? I mean, I have always believed magic was real, but a small seed of doubt lay nestled inside me, being fed just enough food to stay alive if not thrive.
The creature glared at me. “What are you staring at?”
I flinched. The voice came through the closed window. Oh crap!
“Um, I’m sorry,” I said, flustered. “I didn’t know you were real.”
“Of course I’m real!”
Purpose of this prompt
I wrote about why I’m doing this exercise in a separate post. But what purpose does this writing prompt exercise serve? Well, it serves three purposes by:
- Keeping me in the practice of writing.
- Helping generate story ideas.
- Offering you sneak peeks into what I might be working on next.
This piece is raw and unedited. I have made no changes from the words I wrote long-hand in my notebook. Why would I do that? Because I want to show y’all that what you write doesn’t have to be perfect the first time. Don’t let perfect get in the way of getting things done.
Got any ideas for writing prompts you would like to see me use in a writing prompt exercise? Drop them in the comments. I can always use new ideas. Also, if you want to support me, visit my Patreon or Buy me a Coffee. I like coffee; it keeps me going.
That’s all for now. Stay fabulous, y’all!