Today’s prompt is exactly what it says on the tin: lost and found.
The Prompt:
Write about something that has been lost and then found.
- What has been lost? It could be something concrete, like a set of keys, a city, or a murder weapon. It could be a person, maybe a husband or a baby. Or maybe it’s something intangible: dignity, love, a sense or purpose, or the feeling of safety.
- In what sense has this thing been lost? Has it simply been missing? Has it been driven away? Stolen?
- What are the consequences of losing this thing?
- How long was this thing lost? Five minutes, five months, five years?
- How has it been found? Was it found in the same state as when it was lost, or was it changed? Perhaps the lost thing did not change, but your protagonist’s relationship to it did.
- Think about the feelings that loss provokes. Sadness, disappointment, anger, panic? Or, on the flip side, maybe it’s relief.
- And how does your character feel about finding what was missing? Joy, comfort, hope? Consternation, annoyance, shock?
- This prompt can be as dramatic or as subtle as you want to make it.
Go and create some reunions!
I hope everyone has been finding these prompts productive. Best wishes for the rest of Story a Day September – you’re almost there!
Here’s how the story should have ended: https://storiesin5minutes.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/finding-tanya-storyaday-post/
Here’s my take. I’m getting closer!
https://unusualstrangeness.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/story-a-day-challenge-day-27-loser/
I went with lost keys: https://sonyca.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/in-control/
It took me a while but I finally wrote it.
http://writerishramblings.com/2015/09/27/story-a-day-challenge-day-27-lost-and-found/
I wrote about a subject that I’ve written about before, although I did a different take that I have before. I still feel there’s something more to explore about at least one of these characters. But this particular interpretation was fun to write. You can read my story here: https://storiesbystolle.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/day-27-journey-to-reinvention-island. The password is 27.
That’s an interesting story, I liked the way you used the letter.
I enjoyed writing the story that went with this prompt, because it is an idea that I have been playing around with in my head for some time. I was glad that I actually got the opportunity to use it 🙂 https://angietrafford.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/story-a-day-better-without/
Another great prompt, leaves plenty to the imagination. I think this could be the start of something much longer. Something to think about in the days to come.
http://storyadayseptember2015.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/lost-found.html