Do the opposite...

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Normally, you expect to find monkeys holding bananas, right?  Not this time.  As you can see above, the banana has the monkeys.  So here's the thing - write something that is the opposite of everyone's expectations.  

And have fun!  (I really mean that - and not the opposite.)

Frozen Pear Tree: Tie a ribbon around your heart...

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A new morning, dazzling yet pristine.  What will you do today?

What's up?

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Whatever is up there? 
Is it true that what goes up must come down... 
...or are things really looking up? 
You decide.

Fin de Siecle Fan

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A beautiful old fan. 
A scene is painted on it...
but what scene hides behind it?

Monday Musings...the mysterious lady

Giacomo Brogi (1822-1881), Portrait of a lady. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

You are sorting through some old black and white photographs mounted in an dusty album which you found in your parents' attic.  You suddenly discover a portrait, perhaps like the one above.  There is a 19th century date and the name and address of a European photographer's studio stenciled on the back.  Who is she? 

Seventeen!

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So check it out.  My 17th Anniversary is today.  In honor of that very cool number, write a story with the number 17 in it.  Bonus points for a happy ending.  ♥

A dog's life?

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 How is it a dog's life?  Tell the story from the dog's point of view.  Include a couple of woofs and arfs to make it really doggone good!

It's a Classic!

Photo credit: RJ Clarken

How do you roll?  

Pick a tune - and write the story behind the story.  

It's the next classic!

In the midst of a fairy tale...

Illustration from a fairy tale/image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

This scene takes place somewhere in the middle of a fairy tale.  How does it begin and how might it end?

Sign...sign...everywhere a sign...

New York Renaissance Festival/Photo credit: RJ Clarken

In life, there are certain signs you might follow. 
Which signs will you choose?

Backdrop Backstory

Painted Desert - credit: WikiCommons free images

Nature painted this landscape.  How would you paint yours?

How many feet are in a yard?

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Here's a yard of feet.  What kind of footprints do they leave behind?

...dancin' and singin' in the rain...

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...do you?

All the world's a stage...

Image courtesy of A Collage A Day/ 'World Dancer' by Randel Ploughman

If all the world's a stage, then how will YOU dance on it?  What are the stories that will 'rock' your world?

12 Angry Men

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I'm on jury duty this week, so I thought this might be an interesting prompt...what would you do to convince 11 other people - people who have strongly different ideas and beliefs - to agree to 'go along' with your way of thinking? What if you're wrong?  What if you know you're wrong?

Looking off into the distance...

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Things have changed a lot since the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Nowadays, the view is probably much different from what one might have expected to see back then.

So...who do you think this lady be, and what do you suppose she sees?

OMG! Did I just see what I thought I saw?!

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These l'il kids were watching a puppet show.  Ohmigosh!  What just happened?  Whatever did they see?

No Photos, Please...

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No photography permitted...I wonder why?

Monday Musings...A Man Full of Trouble

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Monday Musings: sometimes it's those little things in life...

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