Dragon Writing Prompts

Spanish castle magic

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Spanish castle magic

Grab 'em by the balls

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0000

You're a TV ad guru and you've been hired to write a commercial for one of the following (or feel free to make one up):

Olivander's magic wands
Boeing's newest family moon cruiser
Leash for a pet dragon
Vampire repellent
Zero G motion sickness drug
Portable molecular transporter
Zombie-X, the ultimate zombie weapon
Trollerz, the dating service, no longer just for Trolls.
OS X brain implant, the Apple operating system that needs no peripherals.

If you're not up on script format and would like to try, Script Frenzy (which begins in April!) has a tutorial that will get you up and running faster than a finger can hit fast forward.

Deviant TEMPLE

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Wat Xiang Thong

Deviantly describe the scene without depending on the names of the objects to convey what they look like. That is, roof, fence, steps will conjure up mundane images for a reader. Dig into what objects look and feel like rather than telling what they are.

Capture the senses' experience. What does it feel like? What does it smell like? Taste like? Sound like?

Go further and find a mood or personality of the place and let those inspire the descriptive words you choose.

Try unexpected adjectives and vivid verbs. For example, svelt, sleek, oozing, crouching aren't words normally associated with places, but can create fresh images.

"A novelist's vice ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0000

Dream Warriors

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Dream Warriors

What's a warm up?

Cleanliness is next to godliness

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +0000

From ROFLRazzi

Use as many words as you can but using only "safe for work" definitions, e.g., nothing about body parts or mating. :-) Feel free to play around with tenses and so forth.

It started with horn dog which struck me as an interesting word combination all on its own. Which set me off on a quest for words that could, um, go both ways. :-)

horn dog
scarlet woman
nuts
shorts
manhood
wienie
boxers
play boy
on the prowl
two time
skinny dip
hot to trot
kept woman
cheese cake
beef cake
wiener
tart
boy toy
melons
eye candy
wet dream
family jewels
boobies (they're birds! :-) They come in red-footed and blue-footed varieties.)
queen bee
pretty boy
play the field
well endowed
working girl
codpiece
foxy
pecker
hunk
sleep around
sugar daddy
horny
knockers
center fold
strip tease
backside
stud
love handles
short arm inspector (or inspection)

The sails of Charon

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

The sails of Charon

What's a warm up?

"Writers write ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Live at the inferno

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Live at the inferno

What's a warm up?

Affectionately alliterative

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000

For each letter of the alphabet come up with an affectionately alliterative sentence in honor of Valentine's Day.

ROAD deviations

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

ROAD

.~ How does one Deviantly Describe? ~.

Short version ...
From the given mundane, snoozer of a word, generate as many different-from-each-other descriptions as you can. (Set a timer for 10-15 minutes if you wish.)

Longer version ...
Is preserved at the HOME of the first Deviant Description.

"Fiction writers ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0000

The pride of creation

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

The pride of creation

What's a warm up?

Eternal silence

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000

"Don't that make you suspicious, that the dead are keeping something back..." from the Witch of Coos.

Says the Doctor to his current companion as they step onto a green counterpart to the TARDIS littered with shrouded dead and neatly gathered bones.

Okay, you don't need to write Doctor Who fan fiction but set it in the future where explorers have found an alien catacomb and ossuary.

Quote from the Witch of Coos by Robert Frost.

Vanilla queen

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Vanilla queen

What's a warm up?

"Writing is communication ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:31:00 +0000

Ha! Though I would qualify "writing" as "writing for publication." It's accepted that people paint, create new recipes, take photographs without it being for other people. But there's a common assumption that people write to get published. It's okay to write stories and poems just for yourself.

Dragon iconography

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Dragon iconography

What's a warm up?

A Charm of Princesses

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

Pick a handful of princesses and throw them together. Perhaps a detective agency. Crime fighters. Jewel thieves. Dragon slayers. Dog-fighters in the war.

Or pit them against each other: Enchanted Princess Pageant. Chefs on a competition show. All unknowingly married to the same man. Advertising agents.

(A reader asked if TV Tropes had a similar list for Princes. Unfortunately not. But linked from their Prince Charming page are The Wise Prince, The White Prince, The Evil Prince, Prince Charmless and The Warrior Prince. And each of those has descriptions of their qualities. Not nice and neat like the Princess list though.)

Types of Princesses, or characters who are often Princesses
(From TV Tropes)

Badass Princess
A princess who can actually fight.
The Chief's Daughter
The daughter of a native tribe's leader.
Daddy's Little Villain
A villain has a daughter/niece/granddaughter/etc. who takes after the villain.
Everything's Better with Princesses
Including a princess just because they are good to include.
Fallen Princess
A girl in a high position finds herself in a lower one.
Jungle Princess
Rules over the animals and natives in a jungle environment.
Lady of War
A high class lady that kicks butt.
Mystical Waif
A mystical girl that is often a princess.
Ojou
A girl from a high class family, but not actually royalty.
Princess Classic
The stereotypical princess character.
Princess In Rags
A high class lady that is now poor, but in denial.
Rebellious Princess
A high class lady who won't follow what is expected of her.
Spoiled Brat
A character given everything and treated almost like royalty.
Spoiled Sweet
A character is spoiled, but is mostly nice anyway.
Tomboy Princess
A high class lady who is a Tomboy.
Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
A high class lady who acts snarky toward her friend or love interest.
Winter Royal Lady
A royal lady who takes on a winter themed title and persona.
World's Most Beautiful Woman
She's often a princess.

Tropes related to Princesses

Costume Porn
Beautiful and detailed costuming, as befitting someone of her station.
Distressed Damsel
Princesses are often these.
- And Now You Must Marry Me
  Especially if it means her captor will become part of the royal family.
- Hypnotize the Princess
  Princesses are sometimes Hypnotized when they are kidnapped.
Ermine Cape Effect
Royalty and nobility wearing fancy clothes all the time.
Everything's Better With Sparkles
Sparkles are pretty.
Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry
Jewelry is glamorous.
Friend to All Living Things
Animals flock around a character, who can often speak to them.
Girl in the Tower
Captured princesses tend to get put in towers.
Magical Girl Queenliness Test
A Magical Girl princess must prove she can also be a queen.
Pimped Out Dress
Dress with loads of fancy trimmings.
- Fairytale Wedding Dress
  A princess best get married in one.
Princess Phase
The time in a young girl's life when she idolizes all things related to princesses.
Princess Curls
Curled hairs at the front of the head, signifying a lady's high social class.
Princesses Prefer Pink
Princesses often wear pink in fiction, since Pink Means Feminine.
Princesses Rule
Princesses often are absolute rulers, rather than heirs, in fiction.
Rags to Royalty
A peasant ends up royalty, by either birth or granting.
Requisite Royal Regalia
The crowns, capes, thrones, and other things to signify royalty.
Royal Blood
Power inherent in royal birth.
Rule of Glamorous
Anything that makes a princess more beautiful is acceptable.
Save the Princess
A character kidnapped in a video game, likely a princess.
Standard Hero Reward
Marriage to a princess is part of this.
Suddenly Suitable Suitor
A character can now marry someone thought to be below that character's station before.

Troublesome ivories

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Troublesome ivories

What's a warm up?

"Thus, in a real sense ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:32:00 +0000

The dungeons are calling

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

The dungeons are calling

What's a warm up?

Good reasons for generous tipping

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:39:00 +0000

Yes, that is Hugh Laurie (House) as Wooster

Dulocracy: a government dominated by privileged slaves or servants.

So what would it be like for those with the money power to be under the legal power of those they employ or own? How would that come about? Did it start out as something very different that evolved into this? Was it a way to keep the rulers from letting power go to their heads? Why didn't the employers just fire the servants? (But of course, the servants would be in charge of the laws that determined when they could be fired!)

(I have no idea if one ever existed. It was coined around 1650, probably by disgruntled aristocrats whose servants were trying to keep them in line. Much like Jeeves. ;-)

Deviant CLIFFS

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Deviantly describe the scene without using the names of the objects. Don't use rocks, grass or bushes. Dig into what objects look and feel like rather than telling what they are.

Capture the senses' experience. What does it feel like to your whole body? Does it get inside your clothes? Does it get inside you? What does it smell like? Taste like? Sound like?

Go further and find a mood or personality of the place and let those inspire the descriptive words you choose.

Try unexpected adjectives and vivid verbs. For example, svelt, sleek, oozing, crouching aren't words normally associated with places, but can create fresh images.

"One must be drenched ..."

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:29:00 +0000

In the bleak midwinter

noreply@blogger.com (Joyce Fetteroll) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

In the bleak midwinter

What's a warm up?