Free write 1
Ooh, a butterfly!
Focus, Elephant, focus!
We have been going for days. You want to find your way back to the forest, don’t you?
I guess.
And I want to get back to … to …. saving the world!
Ah, a lake. Let’s sit here a while and have a drink.
No time to stop, we must keep going. Move!
Ah, these flowers remind me of the time when …
Then I got frustrated. I didn’t like my self-imposed rules. It felt like a longer story.
I decided to change the setting. I wanted a way for the characters to get together which meant I had to ditch my never-ending journey plot.
A Zoo or some sort of wildlife park perhaps, ah, and the action hero figure can fall into the elephant’s enclosure, forgotten by a child.
Because I also illustrate as well as write, I tend to visualize a lot of the action, which does tend to get confusing for other reading it without illustrations notes. In this case, they are notes to myself, to describe what I’d like to draw to go with the story.
9 Comments
Debra Daugherty
Hi, Yvonne. I found your roll the dice idea fascinating. And especially loved your 2nd elephant/action figure story. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Yvonne Mes
Thank you, Debra! I hope you have a go at rolling your own dice!
Lauri Meyers
Love all these story prompts!
Yvonne Mes
Thank you, Lauri! I am looking forward to trying the cubes out with my writing group next month 😉
Renee Hills
This sounds so much fun, Yvonne! You are such a creative!
Yvonne Mes
Aw, thanks Renee!!
Sharalyn Edgeberg
I had never heard of these before.
How very interesting.
Thanks for sharing your templates.
Yvonne Mes
Thanks Sharalyn,
Let me know if you try to make some!
Cheers,
Yvonne
Kelly Vavala
Great ideas! Thank you for sharing!