Today’s prompt, from author Sarah Cain, features a chance encounter. This is going to be fun!
Podcast version:
The Prompt
The chance encounter. Have you ever run into someone you know when you look grubby? Or maybe you see an old boyfriend at Starbucks. Or perhaps, as in Alfred Hitchcock’s famous Stranger’s On a Train, you run into a stranger who offers to do you a service, like murder, in return for you returning the favor. Think of a chance encounter that could leave you shaken, stirred, or in deep trouble.
About Sarah Cain
Also, Julie, I’m interested in being more involved. Contact me later, please. Thanks!
I have a list of ideas I’m working through and so haven’t come to use the prompts yet. But sometimes it seems that I’ve used them without realizing it! I love writing about chance encounters. It can work for any genre and go anywhere. It’s already giving me an idea for tomorrow. Thanks!
When my alarm went off this morning I was in the middle of a dream that became the basis for todays story. I didn’t think the prompt would fit – I was wrong. That chance encounter helped me write the ending. I love it when I’m surprised by my own story.
And my second, fan fiction 100 word story story….(psst – Julie….VULCAN!). =)
https://shanjeniah.blog/2017/05/10/an-oriental-lily-stad-may-day-ten/
Wow! I’m here with my first of two stories for today, and it’s not even DARK out yet!
Loved what this prompt inspired – this story arc needed a little lightening, and this seemed to do the trick – and make me super-happy I’ve still got some locally made pistachio gelato in the freezer, too!
Thanks for the sprinkles, Sarah!
https://shanjeniah.blog/2017/05/10/rainbow-sprinkles-for-story-a-day-may-day-ten/
That was a cool story, and you hooked the readers into coming back tomorrow. Nice.
Thanks for promoting Sarah’s books!