The Reflection

Here's Today's prompt.

The water was beautiful, crystal clear. You could easily see the bottom. It was almost as if there was no water there at all. There were light gusts from time to time, occasionally fuzzing the otherwise mirror like reflection of the trees above the river. You gaze into the water, examining your reflection, focussing on all the bumps and ridges on your face. You dip your hands into the water and swirl it around a bit, still looking in the water. You keep staring at it until the ripples go away. That's when you see the face looking over your shoulder...

Ok all you wonderful writers, go!

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Behind The Mask

Short on time, so just a quick one today:

Write about a masquerade with an insidious plot behind the bright colors.

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The stranger and the coin.

I'm on my xbox for a while due to hard times, so typing anything more than a few sentences is rough. Ergo, I figured a prompt would be a good place to start.

Walking home from work, you see a beautiful/handsome stranger. We're well into spring and it's a lovely day, so you decide to take a detour and absorb their incredible appearance for a minute or two. As you follow them, trying your damndest not to feel like a stalker, you notice something shiny fall out of their pocket/purse. You grab it off the ground and attempt to gain their attention to return it, but they are gone. Glancing down at the item, you realize it is a bright, golden coin. It has strange markings on it you don't recognize and is heavy and cold in your hand. You glance up again hoping to see the stranger, but they seem to have vanished. Disappointed and slightly confused, you begin to head back towards home.

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Hasn't been a prompt for a while, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Today's prompt is to right about a leaf, falling from a tree. Focus on the leaf, why is it so important? Perhaps it's the last leaf falling of autumn, signifying that winter is coming. Or perhaps it means something else entirely. What does it mean then? And what are the implications of that something?

Sorry if it's not very good, this is my first prompt. I have a very clear idea in my head but I'm just not sure how to convey it clearly. If anyone's interested, I wrote a 2500 word short story from this idea. I'll post a link to it if you guys want.

Anyway, have fun with the prompt!

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Unknown Waters

I know how much fun writing depressing and unhappy endings can be- it's what I specialize at. But today, try doing something different.

For this prompt, imagine you are on board an unknown ship. Maybe you were a survivor of a wreck, maybe you just wanted out of wherever you were. The crew is very circumspect about where you're heading, or why you're heading there. So, imagine them a destination with their new crew mate- but a HAPPY one. Rescuing sea turtles, pirate hunting instead of piracy, as long as it is a happy ending overall.

Happy endings are so much more difficult to write, but I feel like the world would be better off with more of them. Good luck!

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Sweet dreams are made of these

So this idea may or may not be from the Romantically Apocalyptic webcomic, but I really like it anyways.

Write about a world where sleep is something you pay for, not something that comes naturally. It doesn't even need to be a scifi, it can be the modern world but with the one change that you buy yourself sleep. What sort of Deluxe Sleep would there be, if you could afford it? Would dreams cost extra? What would happen to people too poor to afford sleep?

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Write about random strangers at /r/OtherPeople!

If you have ever logged off Reddit, left your house, and seen random strangers living their lives, you should write about them! This subreddit collects brief character sketches of the anonymous strangers at the periphery of your life doing curious, interesting, questionable, amusing, or otherwise notable things.

http://www.reddit.com/r/otherpeople[1]

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