Writing Prompt: Weather Happens

A 0:00:47-long dose of inspiration


Our characters don’t exist in a vacuum (well, except for the occasional sci-fi character shoved out of an airlock…and they don’t tend to exist for very long). Today’s prompt encourages you to think about the weather and how it might affect your characters’ plans.

Writing Prompt – Under The Weather

Today’s Story Spark/Writing Prompt is an example of how you can use events from your real life (I was really under the weather, as you can hear).

There are lots of events we’d rather not live through in our lives. Why not exorcise the demons, by inflicting them on our characters.

Things going to easily for your character, as they scale the rockface to rescue the kitten? Make them do it while battling a nasty head cold! Boss cut back your hours? Throw the same challenge at your protagonist and let them act out your wildest revenge fantasies or let them be the best, most resourceful version that you hope you will be. Inspire yourself!

Keep writing!