More stolen prompts but now due to user error rather than technical difficulties… Below is a prompt from The Poetry Society. This prompt seems simple, but often the challenge is picking the character and circumstance.

Here are a couple of steps that might help. Make a list of five famous people or characters. Just write down the first five that pop into your head. Now write down five ordinary places that you (previously) went to regularly, such as the post office or dentist’s office. If you want, be very specific: e.g., the McDonald’s on Bryan Ave., the Jiffy Lube on Harbor Blvd., etc.

For a second prompt: write a monologue from a puppet, either from a Muppet or a random puppet, but cut the strings and remove the stage: set the monologue anywhere other than a theater or show.