Writing Prompt #163: Juxtaposition of Result

Someone falls short.

Someone else comes through.

This is a magnificent way to examine a theme. Just check out King Saul's reign and David's. It's so cool.

Writing Prompt #162: Insult to Not-Injury

Someone responds to an insult with a blessing.

Yeah, I totally stole this from the Bible.

I want to see how this works.

Writing Prompt #161: Lack of Will

A character must exert his or her will to do something they really don't want to do.

Writing Prompt #160: Corrected Thinking

A character has to stop a thought and replace it with the way they believe they should be thinking.

Writing Prompt #159: Social Avoidance

Give one character a good motivation to avoid people, and then give another character the need to foil that desire.

Basically, make someone avoid others and then shove a person at them.

Writing Prompt #158: Manners and Malevolence

Why would you choose to be polite to someone who had done terrible things without apology? Why would you be kind to someone wretchedly evil who hurt your friend?

Give someone a reason, and write a scene.

Your scene can be the encounter, or the decision, or both, but get into the how and the why. If this is easy for you personally, then find a circumstance that would make it hard.

If your character's will breaks and she shatters the dude's collar bone, you are disqualified.

Writing Prompt #157: Worth Waiting

A character gives up something that would be momentarily enjoyable in expectation of something of long-term worth.