Okay, so I’m not really bored. In fact, I’m insanely busy. But that’s life.
I’ve decided to do another Open Prompts story this Friday. I haven’t done one in over a year, so for those of you who don’t know what that is, let me explain.
I take five story elements that you suggest (one per commenter, please) and write a story around them. Examples are:
– the title
– the genre (fantasy, mystery, horror, etc.)
– the tone (dark, humorous , serious, absurd, etc.)
– a character’s name or other details about them
– plot elements (e.g. a silver dagger, a rainstorm, identical twins, etc.)
– the length (something between 50 and 1500 words)
– anything else you feel like.
Nothing sexual, overly graphic, obscene, etc, but I’ll take the first five suggestions I get in the comments. Feel free to make them as random as you want. Come back on Friday to see what I make of it all. As always, you are free to write your own story around the same set of story elements. Please do, because that would be awesome.
The Green-Walled Tower 
November 11th, 2013 at 8:51 pm
I think you should write something about a red leaf clinging to a tree trying not to fall…
November 11th, 2013 at 9:15 pm
okay, I’ll take that. 🙂
November 11th, 2013 at 9:16 pm
🙂 Looking forward to reading it when complete.
November 11th, 2013 at 9:16 pm
Title: The Silverware Man
November 11th, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Beautiful. Thanks for suggestion. After all, you’re the guy who gave me Edward “the Squid” Morrison. 🙂
November 11th, 2013 at 9:45 pm
🙂
November 11th, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Character’s name: Bartleby “Bud” Hobdringer VII
November 11th, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Why am I not surprised you’d suggest a name like that, Miles. 🙂
November 11th, 2013 at 9:52 pm
555 words. It’s my lucky number! Your suggestions look amazing, looking forward to reading this post!
November 11th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
I can do that. Thanks. 🙂
November 12th, 2013 at 4:09 am
Water, lots of water. Just because. Because that’s what came into my head.
November 12th, 2013 at 8:56 am
I look forward to your story.
November 12th, 2013 at 8:58 am
Thanks everyone, we’ve got our five:
– a red leaf clinging to a tree, trying not to fall
-Title: The Silverware Man
-character: Bartleby “Bud” Hobdringer VII
– length: 555 words
– lots of water
November 12th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
a spaceship caught in a predatory spiderweb 🙂 – huge spiders.
November 15th, 2013 at 6:07 pm
I already had five elements for this one, but I’ll write another story just for you with this idea. 🙂