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January Writing Prompt Challenge: Day 5
Jan. 5th, 2021 07:58 pmPrompt time! Having a little trouble focusing tonight - feeling restless but not quite sure what will help. (Just had a 10 minute pause between the words "will" and "help" there - that's a good indication of where my brain's at.)
Anyway, today I decided to turn my cards in a random direction and then flip them and go with whatever the result is (and pull an Aspect card the same way, but I got to choose where it went.)
The result is:
DAY FIVE PROMPT:
A deceptive hero wants to hide an obsession with a flask, but they must take up a burden they have been avoiding.
The more obvious conflict is on the other side - "but they must let go of something they are holding on to". I love that the aspect card made the hero "deceptive" - already they're hiding this... flask obsession. Maybe Indiana Jones vibes here, hunting for a grail, but wants to keep it on the down-low. Maybe they're afraid of who else would want the flask if they were able to track it down. That deceptiveness makes them a bit of a "nice guy" - on the outside they're friendly and charming, but there's a selfishness that they're hiding.
As for the burden... might as well ride the Indiana Jones train a bit longer. How about a long-lost kid! Not super young, but still in need of guidance and support, not quite old enough to go it on their own. And maybe this "burden" comes just when they have a shot at tracking down the flask. The kid has skills that could help, but will our asshole hero listen?
Anyway, that five minutes took half an hour, so I'm going to get up and stretch and see if I can figure out what my brain wants this evening.
Anyway, today I decided to turn my cards in a random direction and then flip them and go with whatever the result is (and pull an Aspect card the same way, but I got to choose where it went.)
The result is:
DAY FIVE PROMPT:
A deceptive hero wants to hide an obsession with a flask, but they must take up a burden they have been avoiding.
The more obvious conflict is on the other side - "but they must let go of something they are holding on to". I love that the aspect card made the hero "deceptive" - already they're hiding this... flask obsession. Maybe Indiana Jones vibes here, hunting for a grail, but wants to keep it on the down-low. Maybe they're afraid of who else would want the flask if they were able to track it down. That deceptiveness makes them a bit of a "nice guy" - on the outside they're friendly and charming, but there's a selfishness that they're hiding.
As for the burden... might as well ride the Indiana Jones train a bit longer. How about a long-lost kid! Not super young, but still in need of guidance and support, not quite old enough to go it on their own. And maybe this "burden" comes just when they have a shot at tracking down the flask. The kid has skills that could help, but will our asshole hero listen?
Anyway, that five minutes took half an hour, so I'm going to get up and stretch and see if I can figure out what my brain wants this evening.
