Prompt: “Alcohol: Because no great story ever began with someone eating a salad.” Write a story proving this statement incorrect.
Starter: Tick, tick, tick.
Quote: “Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” -George Bernard Shaw
Prompt: Choose one or all- Your first concert. Your most memorable concert. The worst concert you went to. The best concert you went to. The last concert you went to.
Starter: “I can’t believe this is really happening.”
Quote(s): “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” -Alsous Huxley
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” -Lao Tzu
Photo Prompt:
Starter: The blinking light that signaled a voice mail taunted her.
Quote: “Paris is always a good idea.” -Audrey Hepburn
Prompt: Who, of your friends, have you known the longest? How long have you known them? How and where did you meet? What is one of your best moments with them? When was the last time you talked to them? Seen them? What is stopping you?
Starter: “Funyuns!”
Quote: “Yes’m, old friends is always best, ‘less you can catch a new one that’s fit to make an old one out of.” -Sarah Orne Jewett
Prompt: When was the last time you really laughed? Belly aching, tear inducing, breath-catching laughter? Have you ever? Who were you with? What was the cause? Is laughter truly the best medicine?
Starter: His fist connected with the wall with a jolting snap.
Quote(s): “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” -E.E. Cummings
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” -William Shakespeare
Prompt: You wake up and suddenly everyone around you speaks only French, while you speak only English. You have no access to the internet or a translator. Describe your day.
Starter: Lights flashed all around me.
Quote: “La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée.” We were given speech to hide our thoughts. -Talleyrand
Photo Prompt: 
Starter: “I do.”
Quote: “Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” -Michael Leunig
Prompt: What does ‘home’ mean to you? Is it a physical place? A state of mind? The people (or things) you surround yourself with? What memories do you associate specifically with ‘home’?
Starter: She slapped his hand away.
Quote: “Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it- memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.” -Tad Williams
Prompt: You wake up to find yourself a member of the opposite sex. What is the first thing you do? Write in detail about your day.
Starter: She lay there awake, counting the shifts and cracks in the ceiling.
Quote: “I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I’m writing a poem or drawing, I’m not a female; I’m an artist.” -Patti Smith
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