2013 July Writing Prompts Masterlist

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Date	Prompt	Entry
July 1st	Picture of two cats sheltering under an umbrella in the rain	Excuses
July 2nd	abdicate, automaton, allele, Zarathustra, zither (use 2)	A Dubious Tale
July 3rd	Sacred spaces, religion, or philosophy	Sanctuary
July 4th	Use at least one alliterative sentence	Speaking in Tongues
July 5th	"Three Continents Watson"	Camel Camel
July 6th	The poem "Futility", by Wilfred Owen	Sunbeam
July 7th	Crossover with character(s) from another fictional universe or from actual history	Mary Seacole
July 8th	Forced perspective	Conductor of Light
July 9th	Make up an acronym and use it in your story	Lost Without His Mnemonic
July 10th	J.S. Bach, Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004	Ciaccona
July 11th	Ladies' Night (use a female point-of-view)	Friendly Forewarning
July 12th	John means 'God is Gracious'	Watson: A Name
July 13th	When things can go wrong, they will	The Cosherman's Lament
July 14th	Include France, or something French	Esprit de corps
July 15th	Almost halfway there. Miles to go before we sleep	Stragglers
July 16th	Visual: either a storm-surged lighthouse, or a purple fop	The Fixed Point
July 17th	Whump Watson woefully with an alliterative injury	The Capture of Jefferson Hope
July 18th	Five woe-related words that are not included in either of the Watson's Woes prompt tables	Outmatched
July 19th	"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."	Grit in a Sensitive Instrument
July 20th	An old challenge or something from the plot bunny patch	Once a Soldier
July 21st	The Lost Comet	Astronomical Department
July 22nd	Shakespeare	A Bard by Any Other Name
July 22nd	Shakespeare (an encore)	To Be
July 23rd	Earworm	Die Forelle
July 24th	The Self Portrait of Horace Vernet, Holmes' great-uncle	Secondhand Sight
July 25th	Edward Gorey	The Case of the Deadly Blotter
July 26th	The Golden Mean	The Unachievable Middle Ground
July 27th	Use a random description or simile	A Swarm of Bees
July 28th	Make an herb, flower, or other plant, a key part of the story	A Tree in Winter
July 29th	Write a drabble. (Bahahaha!)	Unblivion
July 30th	Point of view of a minor character who sees something similar between him/herself and Sherlock Holmes	Of Mutual Concern
July 31th	Write an add-on scene to one of your own stories	Of Mutual Concern (II)
Amnesty Prompts	All Amnesty Prompts in one casefic!	The Case of the Purple Ink
Amnesty 01	Use an over-the-top peril or cliffhanger	Chapter Five
Amnesty 02	A mistake with consequences	Chapter Six
Amnesty 03	Use one of your favorite quotes in your story	Chapter Two
Amnesty 04	Picture prompt: Books, Mug, Pipe, and Violin	Chapter Three
Amnesty 05	Use the fifth random song in your playlist	Chapter Seven
Amnesty 06	Purple prose	Chapter One
Amnesty 07	Prominently use words starting with K, C, S, and E, and the numbers 07 and 836	Chapter Four
Bonus Questions	Watch This Space...

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