Writing Prompt #172: Calculated Risk

Someone calculates a worst-case scenario and still decides a move is worth it.

Writing Prompt #171: Unworthy Authority

Someone respects an authority figure when the authority is doing something wrong.

Writing Prompt #170: Friend-mance

Spotlight the conflict and value of a non-romantic relationship.

Writing Prompt #169: Lousy Ambassador

Someone representing someone else does a bad job of it.

Writing Prompt #168: Deadly Consequence

Someone is killed by a mistake they made.

(Work this into your chick-flick, why don't you.)

Writing Prompt #167: The Welcome Muffin

Today's challenge is: Someone receives something they were hungry for.

"A desire fulfilled is a tree of life," right? Find something odd to hunger after, and an odd way to get what they want.

Writing Prompt #166: Holy Toothbrush

Write a character with the idea that they are "set apart" for something specific. Where does this concept of being different, being made for something different, come from for them? What do they have to give up in their pursuit of what they're "made for"?

The best description of "holy" I've heard came from an ex-rock star computer programmer of my acquaintance: "You don't use your toothbrush to scrub a toilet."

Your toothbrush is set apart for a specific use, so there are things you just don't use it for. Can the same be said of a person?