Welcome to this year’s A-Z Blogging Challenge. My theme for this year is character prompts. Each day throughout April, you’ll find a new character prompt that relates to that day’s letter.
Day one: A – Abandoned House
Your character is exploring an abandoned house.
What can they see? Hear?
How do they feel? Are they scared? Excited?
Why is the house abandoned? Is it said to be haunted? Did a developer go bust and leave the house almost finished?
Why are they exploring the house? Are they just curious or is there a more sinister reason?
What do they hope to find and do they find it? If they find it, is it everything they expected it to be?
I’d love to read some of the scenarios you create. Email them to me at debbie@myrandommusings.co.uk and I’ll share some of my favourites over the coming months here on the blog.
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This is fun! I hope to make some time to follow some of your prompts!
Jayden R. Vincente
Thank you, hope you make it back 🙂
Hari OM
Good (very early) morning to you Debbie! We may share the trait of the night owl, methinks &*> Great prompt… my effort is on its way to you! Here’s to the next 25. YAM xx
I’m definitely a night owl! I’ve just read your piece and I love it 🙂 x
I’m looking forward to the daily prompts. I can’t imagine what the emailed responses might be …
I know, I’m really looking forward to seeing what people come up with 🙂
Good idea, Debbie! It looks like fun.
Good idea! Writing prompts are somethjjng I’ve used a lot as a teacher.
I’m not a fiction writer and I often wonder how they come up with ideas and scenarios – this will be a really great learning exercise for me over April – who knows…..I might have a novel in me after all!
Leanne
A for Avoid Negativity
They say everyone has at least one novel in them
What a great concept! I’m not a “writer” but I do journal a lot and maybe these will be good prompts for that. Looking forward to it!
It could be fun for journaling
I facilitate a writing group on Wed night and will use some of your prompts!
Oh great, I hope the group enjoy them 🙂
Great prompt! I am amazed how many people love prompts. I see it–they start building images in the brain whether you want them to or not. Good start to A to Z!
Thank you 🙂 I love a good prompt!
So many thoughts and ideas from this post. For me, it takes a good thought out prompt to get my mental gears going. I’ll definitely be back to see more of these prompts!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
You’ve come up with some good questions to get the creativity flowing.
~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
Thank you 🙂
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These prompts are fun; I wish I had the time to start developng a story based on them; maybe will do a daily email to you if I can figure out the time – great theme Debbie 🙂
Thank you 🙂 I’d to see what you come up with
Awesome read. Looking forward for more
This is a wonderful idea to get the creative juices flowing. Sadly I’m up to my ears in the A to Z Challenge and can’t do any of these exercises now. Which doesn’t mean I won’t be back tomorrow to see what you suggest.
Thank you 🙂
Ooh, I like this theme you’ve created Deb! It’s very interesting. I will try to work on some of these scenarios in the coming weeks. I’m already working on something else at the moment but as soon as I get some of these written I will send them to you:)
Great, looking forward to seeing what you come up with 🙂
this is such a great idea for a theme. i recently wrote some fiction on my site for a challenge and really loved the freedom and creativity. I’m surely going to be borrowing some ideas from your posts.
Hope they help you get inspired 🙂
I’m looking forward to saving these for future use after A to Z is over!
Marquessa
Visiting from the 2018 A to Z Challenge
Start at the beginning with “A is for Afflicted”
Hope they help 🙂
Great prompt. I will have a think on this and have a go when I have a little more time. I think this will be a really useful exercise for me.
Awesome prompt! I’ve just finished walking past an abandoned house on the outskirts of my neighborhood…so this greatly added to my visualization. I am glad to have found your blog via the #AtoZChallenge Road Trip
Oh great timing!
Stopping by from the #AtoZChallenge Road Trip!
Stopping by from the #AtoZChallenge Road Trip! Great idea for an AtoZ and I’ll definitely check out more of your posts — this first prompt even sparked an idea for a scene from my WIP novel, perhaps I’ll email you when I get it written! 🙂
Jamie Lyn Weigt
That’s so good to hear! I look forward to reading your scene
Fun topic!
Ronel from Ronel the Mythmaker A-Z road-tripping with Everything Writerly
Thank you for dropping in 🙂