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Prompt #180 Protectors
This reading surprised me by flipping the idea of dangerous animals into the idea of protectors. ‘Poisonous ‘ plants and creatures can be evoked as protectors, protectors of place. Within a bioregion,...
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Prompt #200 The Dangers of Doctrine
This quote is almost prescient, isn’t it? The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed. -Anna Harriette Leonowens, “Memoirs...
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Prompt #214 Scare Tactics
How do you gain an advantage in battle when you are outnumbered? Here is one strategy: The Celts scared the Romans and other ‘civilized’ contemporary observers. When they went into battle, they would...
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Prompt #236 Baby You Can Drive My Car
People who perceive their car as a reflection of their self-identity are more likely to behave aggressively on the road and break the law. People with compulsive tendencies are more likely to drive...
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Prompt #292 Bar Fights
“People who focus on the here and now, without thinking about the impact on the future, are more aggressive than others when they are sober, but the effect is magnified greatly when they’re drunk,”...
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Prompt #905 Hot Air Balloon Stunts
… ballooning was not just the domain of scientists and emperors — it was the apparatus of adventure, and those willing to go aloft were often reckless showmen and women, willing to risk their lives to...
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Prompt #1350 How Killers Use Social Media
Dr Elizabeth Yardley and Professor David Wilson from the Centre of Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University.. identify six different types of killer [that use social media]: Reactor — Reacts...
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Prompt #1888 The Perils of Being Royalty
On 29 May 1842, Victoria was riding in a carriage along The Mall, London, when John Francis aimed a pistol at her but the gun did not fire; he escaped. The following day, Victoria drove the same...
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Prompt #1987 Only Once
The girl screamed once, only the once. –Knots and Crosses: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin Fiction Writing Prompt: Write a story starting with the line above. Journaling Prompt: Write about the...
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Prompt #4013 First Line of the Week – Paul Harding
Most men in my family make widows of their wives and orphans of their children. –Enon by Paul Harding Fiction Writing Prompt: Use the first line of the week as the starting point or inspiration for a...
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