February 2012
6 posts
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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...
Feb 21st
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Character Prompt #127
Feb 18th
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Prompt #202
All the kitchen appliances have been unplugged. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Feb 15th
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Character Prompt #126
“I will always find you.” Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Feb 12th
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Prompt #201
The side effects are worse than the disease. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Feb 8th
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Character Prompt #125
Your character is ashamed. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Feb 4th
1 note
January 2012
10 posts
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Prompt #200
“I’m not going to apologize.” Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Jan 31st
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Character Prompt #124
Your character gives up. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Jan 28th
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Prompt #199
A woman walks into a restaurant with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Jan 25th
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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.
Jan 22nd
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Character Prompt #123
Your character is bleeding. Suggest a prompt | Submit a fill
Jan 22nd
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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.”
Jan 17th
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Character Prompt #122
Your character breaks a limb.
Jan 15th
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Prompt #197
Jan 12th
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Character Prompt #121
Jan 6th
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Prompt #196
highway gun hunch equip fang courier heir Pick three or more. Use either the word or the concept.
Jan 3rd
December 2011
10 posts
2 tags
Character Prompt #120
Your character is suffering from a string of bad luck.
Dec 30th
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Prompt #195
“This isn’t getting us anywhere.”
Dec 30th
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Character Prompt #119
Your character indulges in an obsession.
Dec 24th
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Prompt #194
Dec 20th
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Character Prompt #118
Your character receives an unexpected — possibly unwanted — phonecall.
Dec 16th
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Prompt #193
The day the sun doesn’t shine.
Dec 12th
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Character Prompt #117
Your character’s best friend is drunk.
Dec 9th
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Prompt #192
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. —Napoleon Bonaparte
Dec 6th
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Character Prompt #116
Your character is stuck in a room with someone they have strong feelings for.
Dec 4th
Welcome!
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.
Dec 4th