The Prompt Book

Prompt 33

Happy Sunday-almost Monday!

(Sorry I make these so late all the time guys. But eh, makes Monday better, doesn't it?) ;P

Today, whichever day you are viewing this, your prompt is about homework. Pshh, not DOING homework silly. AVOIDING it. 

Everyone has heard the cliche "my dog ate my homework." I want you to make your own creative twist based off of this. Use this to elaborate on what kind of bizarre fate your homework was sent to, whether that be the truth or not. 

This is great to develop your characters. They could be wicked liars, or genuine people. This is your chance to work on describing their personalities without blatantly typing it out. It also allows you to work on creative thinking in general. Sometimes when I haven't written for a while *cough cough whoops*, I like to just sit down and let any kind of idea surface. This prompt lets you do so, while morphing it into an actual story. 

For example, expound from this prompt by coming up with a unique reason as to why your homework is not completed and present. 

i.e. "My dog set the house on fire, and my homework burned with it." (lol not that creative but ah well)

Don't do this:

"I cooked my homework into my dog's food, so he could eat it." 

NO you don't want to have your dog eat it, and you don't want your character to admit that they are at fault. Even if your character is very sincere, he or she should not be allowed by you (the author) to admit guilt. Then there is no conflict. No conflict = no story.

Have fun writing instead of doing school work!

(@TheCouch is not encouraging any bad behavior. They are not at fault for your decisions, including those in which you feed your homework to your household pets.)