Vocal Legends: Prompts
Just a couple of days to go on my latest challenge, so here is a helping hand, if you need it!
As you will surely not be aware, because I suck at pushing these things, I have a dollar challenge going at the moment. It closes on 30th June. It's only a couple of days, but keep in mind you can do a micro, a drabble, or a poem - it doesn't have to be War and Peace.
If you like, you can find the details here:
TL;DR - Use a quote from another Vocal user as a prompt for your own story.
Important: You have to credit them, of course, and you have to tip them.
There are people active here who aren't V+ members, so they won't be able to give or receive tips. As a workaround, I humbly (ha, not really) offer a selection of quotes from some of my scribbles that you can use without giving a tip. These are listed at the bottom for you.
The Problem
There are so many amazing writers on here. So many wonderful pieces to choose from. Each with many strong lines that are a catalyst for even the sluggishest (shhh it's a word now) of imaginations.
We are spoiled for choice!
For that reason, I include a selection (by no means exhaustive) of some of my recent favourites.
In no particular order:
Your blackened attire, your smothering arms
- Sasha Desideri
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It was never easy walking through another's dreams
- Paul Stewart
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No form of any god was coming to my rescue today.
- Novel Allen
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I had been born without legs. I could not walk, though I yearned to desperately.
- Veva Jacques
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She was pulled in and got lost, forgetting to eat, drink, or sleep.
- Lana V Lynx
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What if apples were blue--a really beautiful blue.
- Gerard DiLeo
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A long time ago, a giant boat spilled tons of magical pink sugar and secret chemicals right into the ocean.
- Sara Wilson
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Where is the giant?
Where is his head?
- Raymond G Taylor
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Whether I am ready or not,
thick skin demands that I stand as queen.
- Caitlin Charlton
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And some from me:
Here are some of mine - these are ones you don't have to tip for, unless you especially want to:
It's shrinking my little love, this window we have together
From Of Steak & Sunlight
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Fear was a stranger to her, b ut she rought him with her just the same
From Memory Stain
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Whatever will I do with all these souls I am collecting? Who knows, but one day, I will breathe fire.
From Chimera
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There is beauty, after all, in there being an ending
From A Slice of Sky
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Soon, all that will be left will be a beautiful silver scar.
From Her (v)
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Is there anything more useless than a human infant?
From Meat, Walking
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Some of those bodies were far too fresh
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There's something cold and dispassionate about her eyes, like a reptile, or a fish.
The man had no such luxury. The Salt gave him no strength at all.
Both from A Dish Best Served Salted
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Her mind is a blood-red bullet, aimed only at one thing.
It is a Boy, his heart un-gnarled by good sense.
Both from Blood on Snow
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Pups are pulled squalling from their mothers, who tear their stitches to scream
There's always another fish, a muckier secret, a marana trench of human nature to be plumbed.
Both from Utopia: Fine Dining
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your love and pain are a measure of you, not him. your heart. your courage
be brave, my love, and burn
Both from burn; a nonet
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You will go into the ground, into Hades, and leave your baby there.
She's got a wasp's nest where her fanny ought to be.
Both from: A Fanny Full of Wasps
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It was one of those moments where the world splits in two by the sheer force of Possibility.
From The Future Tree
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The way to be really popular, is to have someone you love die.
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Key things to remember:
- ALWAYS credit
- TIP the person (unless you are choosing one of mine - as host, I don't want to ask for tips)
- The quote can be included, in which case it should feel like it belongs. Or your story can be inspired by it.
- You don't have to read the full piece before you write yours (but do read it after!)
Are you feeling inspired?
If you've read (or written) an especially juicy line lately, please share in the comments!
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Thank you for reading, and (hopefully) for writing!
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