Last week’s prompts blossomed in the hands of the Rewriters (I have thus christened you!) in every form from prose to poetry, from 140-character stories to song lyrics!
Jinx and another Jinx
Mike, Mike again, again, and one more time
Marantha and Marantha again
Indigo Spider and another Indigo Spider
Char’s now on her own blog at MyWordsWhisper (<both links are prompt pieces)
Did I miss anybody? Comment!
*EDIT* Missed Jenna’s brilliant piece
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The Rules
There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.
OR
No really; I need rules!
Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.
The Prompts:
Death’s artwork*
Why is the sky black?**
At the worst possible moment
We met at the bottom of a river
She didn’t change the whole world; just mine
If you want to share your Inspiration Monday piece, post it on your blog and link back to today’s post; I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) balcomagency (dot) com.
Have at it!
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*Today’s first prompt brought to you by Debra at FindAnOutlet
**The second prompt brought to you by Star Trek: Next Generation “The Offspring”
Oh boy, I am so excited already by these prompts! Yay Stephanie and Yay for Monday!!
To quote Danny Kay, “yay, verily, yay!”
Here’s my first piece.
http://jinxwritings.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/the-phoenix/
http://jinxwritings.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/deaths-artwork/
Another one. ^
Here’s my shot at InMonVII! 🙂 Hope you like it … Cheers! http://drewlanecomposer.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/inspiration-monday-vii-julie/
Hey, good job. I posted two posts i call Way of the Samurai. There are two posts and in each I use a different style to write the combat sequences. I would love to see which ones you prefer, and why, such input from such an inspirational writer like you would be invaluable to me.
Jeremy, be honest. Did you even read this post? Or did you use copy/paste here and on Jinx’s blog? I look forward to reading your work when I get a chance, but remember that the door swings both ways. ; )
Right – here’s my crack at it. I went with Debra’s brilliant prompt.
Very pleased to see the list of names above mine. And great name for this challenge Drew “InMon”.
Death’s Artwork
These prompts look GREAT. You are all so fast! Such good stories already! My head is spinning since I have barely read through the prompts. LOL! My writing day is usually Sunday. The rest of my time is hit or miss. But I will be back to check out all your wonderful stories.
Thank you, Stephanie, for hitting the jackpot again with the prompts!
Thanks Char! They ARE fast; it never ceases to amaze me. My own submissions wouldn’t appear until Friday at earliest! I look forward to seeing yours!
I have started doing these weekly as well. I’m extremely inspired by your prompts! Here’s one from last week, I’m working on the new ones now.
http://unrulylife.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/inspirational-monday/
Welcome, Jenna! I’ve updated this post with a link to your awesome piece.
Wow, these prompts are great! Got me writing again for the first time in weeks. Here’s my first crack at it:
http://coevalcornucopia.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/inspiration-monday-be-kind-rewrite/
Huzzah! Glad to help get you back to the keyboard!
My first effort for this week’s prompts:
http://mjshorts.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/some-inspiration-monday-very-short-stories/
Thank you for this opportunity. I found you through Screen Scribbla. I used the fourth prompt as a story title – It caused some unique thoughts for me.
http://bekindrewrite.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/inspiration-monday-vii/
Thanks again!
Sorry about the paste of your link – Here it is the correct one:
http://stillfugue.com/2011/04/13/we-met-at-the-bottom-of-a-river/
Thanks!
Great to have you with us, Carl!
How cool is it that 5 prompts can generate such amazing creativity … I’m hooked! Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this. It’s nice to take some time out from the theatre writing and just WRITE! 😉 Congrats all .. and I’m proud to be a “Rewriter” for the InMon’s!
Huzzah! I have drawn yet another innocent bystander into my devious web of inspiration. Bwahahahaha!
Thanks for these prompts. Thought I would have a go at ‘Why is the sky black?’ and play around with just dialogue at the same time. Let me know what you think.
http://mjshorts.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/the-end-of-the-world-is-nigh-inspiration-monday/
I think I’ll join in on this! My first time! 🙂
http://kaycamden.com/2011/04/15/why-is-the-sky-black/
Another one for the collection.
I do enjoy these Monday prompts.
http://mjshorts.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/deaths-artwork-inspiration-monday/
Back again with another lyric – for “At the worst possible moment”…
http://drewlanecomposer.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/at-the-worst-possible-moment-inmonvii/
My second go at it (because these prompts are just that good) lol
http://coevalcornucopia.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/we-met-at-the-bottom-of-a-river-and-im-glad-we-did/
Lol, yeah, you cought me. but I was exited about it. Nope no excuses! I am sorry. However, inspiration monday sounds like a great idea! you go!
sorry, I spelled caught cought.
Thanks Jeremy! I promise to pop over when I can. If I don’t by next week, remind me again, okay?
Here’s the link to my post for Insp. Monday VII:
http://pattisjarrett.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/inspiration-monday-vii/
One more!
http://jinxwritings.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/she-didnt-change-the-world/
One more before the week ends!
http://mjshorts.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/love-at-first-sight-inspiration-monday/
Well, I finally got around to writing the music and recording the song for “Julie” – let me know what you think! 🙂 Cheers, Drew …
Here’s the follow up post: http://drewlanecomposer.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/julie-my-first-inspiration-monday-demo-recording/
*Gasp* You did? You really, really did? Omigosh. This is so awesome.