I just did a Google search for “writing prompts” and when I came upon this, I laughed so hard my eyes leaked. Anyone who is a writing teacher, or who has ever taken any kind of writing class with writing prompts, cannot fail to be amused.
Here they are, the world’s funniest writing prompts.
And if anybody takes any of these prompts and actually WRITES something based on one of these prompts, and posts it here, I will send you a prize. Promise.
April 3, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Check out the site “100 Reasons to Stop Writing” some time. It’s brilliant too…
April 3, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Lols, maybe I WILL just try and see what happens. Maybe number 12?
April 3, 2008 at 7:44 pm
What a hilarious list! Thanks for the link!
April 3, 2008 at 7:50 pm
8.
A husband and wife are meeting in a restaurant to finalize the terms of their impending divorce. Write the scene from the point of view of a busboy snorting cocaine in the restroom.
Exhausted from working twelve hour days, studying for exams, and losing his girlfriend because of his nasty habit, Jeremy rolled up his last measly tip, bent his head to the counter, and snorted the cocaine. His red-rimmed eyes stared dispassionately back at him in the restaurant restroom.
He had five minutes left on his break. Why the hell did his parents have to pick his place of employment to discuss their impending divorce? Didn’t they know they couldn’t ruin his life any further? Was it a game to them? Jeremy slammed his fist against the porcelain sink, cracking the bone in his baby finger.
He laughed. Just last week his mother was crying over his baby album, so lovingly put together so many years ago. His baby pictures, his tiny fingers grasping his lifeline, his mother’s forefinger. Without speaking to anyone, Jeremy left the restaurant where his oblivious parents scribbled on the yellow legal pads that had become their obsessions. He knew he’d never see them again.
April 3, 2008 at 8:15 pm
terrillbodner is my new hero
April 3, 2008 at 8:22 pm
terrill, that is super awesome. Email me your address and I will send you your prize!
April 4, 2008 at 4:10 am
This is so fantastic! I’m cracking up.
April 4, 2008 at 5:08 am
i think i have to take on the challenge!
April 4, 2008 at 9:38 am
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April 4, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Prompt 5 Wasp Paralyzes Tarantula, Young Eat Innards
So you think this is screwed up, huh? Well, where do you get off? You think it’s easy to live like this? You think it’s fun? You think we choose this way of life?
Well, you got another think coming. Bees, they’ve got it easy. Huge colonies, social order, a leader who knows what she’s up to. Nothing messy about bees. Straight up, it’s a good life. Us, we got things different.
Bees, they’ve got a snug place to live. It’s done for them; kind of like socialism. Us, we gotta get out there and do it all ourselves. You think it’s easy paralyzing something 100 times your size? Huh? You think it’s fun drilling past all that hair just to fulfill a biological mandate you didn’t even choose?
What about the babies? What are they supposed to do? Starve to death? So they eat the live tarantula — it’s not like they’ve got a choice. Eat or die, that’s the choice. How screwed up is that?
You got a beef, don’t take it to the wasp. Everybody worries about the adorable tarantula. Think about the underdog someday. Why don’t you just give a wasp a break for a change?
April 4, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Ajo. Love your tarantula wasp story!
Susan. my email is info@terrillbodner.com
jimsmuse. aw, gee, shucks. (blush)
April 7, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I just blogged about this and gave you credit– I am actually going to try one of this prompts soon, just for the laugh factor!