Prompt request

[mousme]

Okay, I've fallen out of the habit of writing lately, and I want to get back into it. Since writing is largely an issue of momentum for me, I'm going to ask my very creative friends for some prompts and hopefully work those into short stories. It can be anything you want, but I'd slightly rather it be for original fic rather than fanfic. However, beggars can't be choosers, and if you want something in particular I will be happy to oblige. :)

The prompt can be anything. A sentence, a word, a concept, a quote, whatever tickles your fancy.

Thanks for the help!

Comments

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

su·sur·ra·tion (sū'sə-rā'shən) also su·sur·rus (sʊ-sûr'əs, -sŭr'-)
n.
A soft, whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

[Middle English susurracioun, from Late Latin susurrātiō, susurrātiōn-, from Latin susurrātus, past participle of susurrāre, to whisper, from susurrus, whisper, ultimately of imitative origin.]

[dizietsma.livejournal.com]

Either a very very strange coincidence, or you're also SpeedingPullet on The Chaos Engine forum :) She also named susuration as her favourite word the other day.

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Coincidence. :) That wouldn't be me. We've had day after day of perfect soughing breeze/tree interaction. Hence the word.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Mice.

Motes of dust drifting in a sunbeam.

A single freshwater pearl earring, found in a crack between a floor and a wall.

Concepts, obviously, to be used in whatever way you like. :)

[baronscartop.livejournal.com]

inclement

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[forthright.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have a rather specific prompt for you (sorry):

The death of Shannon Flynn-Standard in the year 2011 (10 years after the end of the Ventris campaign).

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

From accidentally setting off a bomb she was trying to disarm?

[And — oh, God. Don't tell me he's single. AGAIN. And bitter. >_<]

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Well, really now, what fun is it if he's happy and well-adjusted?

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Just remember, if he gets suicidal and puts a gun in my hand, I'M PULLING THE TRIGGER.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

"She looked at the ring on her finger, wondering whose it was, and when she had put it on."

Or if you want something more vague:

"colorless"
"blackberry winter" (an isolated cold snap in the middle of spring, so called because it allegedly makes the berries sweeter)
"footbridge"

Pick one.

Writing idea: Lyric from a song

[grnladybug.livejournal.com]

"Making friends with shadows on my wall"

Re: Writing idea: Lyric from a song

[mousme.livejournal.com]

That song was my anthem for about two or three years. Love it to death. :)

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Stolen children

[prolixfootle.livejournal.com]

Juggernaut.

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

Can vampires live off wine if transubstantiation actually takes place?

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

I think maybe not even if it did, because I've heard that they can't drink Jewish blood, and Christ was, well, a Jew. But perhaps I've heard wrong.

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

cats (noooooooo.... not the musical, I like when you write the "dialogue" of cats).