Roll Your Own Story: Holiday Edition

Rhonda — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:53:20 +0000

Amber asked me if I’d like to do a prompt every other week and I said sure. That means you’ll still be seeing my name up here now and then. I hope you’re not too disappointed

In trying to decide what to do I thought back to some of the prompts I enjoyed the most in the past and which received the biggest responses. One of those things was the ‘Roll Your Own Story’ type prompt. Looking at the calendar provided the perfect subject for this one.

The idea is simple. Get a six-sided die and then roll it four times, once for each category below. Each category has six options so each die roll will correspond to one of the options. Voila. Once you’re done rolling you’ll have a random writing prompt that is sure to help get your creative juices flowing.

Genre:
1- Speculative
2- Literary
3- Humor
4- Mystery
5- Writer’s Choice
6- Childrens

Character:
1- Dog
2- Teacher
3- Cookie/Candy Cane
4- Parent
5- Child
6- Writer’s Choice

Verb:
1- Lost
2- Found
3- Wished
4- Died
5- Transformed
6- Writer’s Choice

Holiday:*
1- Christmas
2- Hanukkah
3- Kwanzaa
4- Writer’s Choice
5- New Years (any culture)
6- Solstice

I left things quite open and that was intentional. I didn’t want to box anyone in, in fact, that’s the opposite of what I was aiming for.

Please feel free to share your rolls and/or stories with us

If you need a random number generator there is one here. It’s the one I always use. It’s not better or worse than any others, but clicking that link would save you a google search

*If I missed your favourite holiday I apologise, I only had room for 6

~ Rhonda

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NaNoLJers — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:04:51 +0000

Anyone remember the roll your own stories we’ve done in the past? Let’s do another

The idea is quite simple. Get a six-sided die and then roll it four times, once for each category below. As you can see each category below has six options beneath it. As you roll your dice the number will correspond to one of the options. Voila. Once you’re done rolling you’ll have a random writing prompt that is sure to be fun and help get your creative juices flowing.

Word:

1. Verdant
2. Dragon
3. School
4. Coffee
5. Politics
6. Writer’s Choice

Setting:

1. Rainforest
2. Restaurant
3. Igloo
4. Castle
5. Bus Stop
6. Writer’s Choice

Supporting Character:

1. Mad Scientist
2. Talking Dog
3. 14 year-old Girl
4. Shutter Bug
5. Angry Scientist
6. Writer’s Choice

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Roll Your Own Story: Holiday Edition

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