February 2012
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Prompt #203
In Arabic, the word “bayt” translates literally as house, but its connotations resonate beyond rooms and walls, summoning longings gathered about family and home. In the Middle East, bayt is sacred. Empires fall. Nations topple. Borders may shift. Old loyalties may dissolve or, without warning, be altered. Home, whether it be structure or familiar ground, is finally the identity that does not...
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Character Prompt #127
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Prompt #202
All the kitchen appliances have been unplugged.
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Character Prompt #126
“I will always find you.”
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Prompt #201
The side effects are worse than the disease.
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Character Prompt #125
Your character is ashamed.
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January 2012
10 posts
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Prompt #200
“I’m not going to apologize.”
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Character Prompt #124
Your character gives up.
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Prompt #199
A woman walks into a restaurant with no memory of who she is or where she came from.
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Update: Submissions Opened
I wasn’t sure how to handle submissions when I started, but I think this method will work. Submit a link to your tumblr post and I’ll reblog it here. Also, feel free to send prompt suggestions my way, via Ask. Anything I use will be credited to you.
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Character Prompt #123
Your character is bleeding.
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Prompt #198
“You can’t live in a hole in the ground for ten years and expect to smell like roses.”
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Character Prompt #122
Your character breaks a limb.
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Prompt #197
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Character Prompt #121
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Prompt #196
highway
gun
hunch
equip
fang
courier
heir
Pick three or more. Use either the word or the concept.
December 2011
10 posts
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Character Prompt #120
Your character is suffering from a string of bad luck.
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Prompt #195
“This isn’t getting us anywhere.”
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Character Prompt #119
Your character indulges in an obsession.
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Prompt #194
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Character Prompt #118
Your character receives an unexpected — possibly unwanted — phonecall.
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Prompt #193
The day the sun doesn’t shine.
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Character Prompt #117
Your character’s best friend is drunk.
Prompt #192
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
—Napoleon Bonaparte
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Character Prompt #116
Your character is stuck in a room with someone they have strong feelings for.
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Hello! Welcome to Stay In The Room. This is the Tumblr mirror to my community on Dreamwidth of the same name. Writing prompts will be posted twice a week: the first a general prompt, and the second a character-centric prompt.