1. Write ten lines of dialogue between two characters who had drunken sex last night and are not talking about it. Ever.
2. Write a scene in four sentences in which two characters bond over something that would seem trivial to a passerby.
3. Write seven sentences from the perspective of a passerby witnessing day two’s scene.
4. Write a character’s reaction to someone’s love confession in one sentence.
5. Write a scene in eight sentences in which someone’s going through his/her version of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
6. Write a scene in six sentences in which a character is searching for someone in the last moments of the end of the world
7. Write a breakup scene in three sentences without giving the reason for it or using dialogue
8. Write two characters’ second kiss in two sentences.
9. Ask friends for prompts.
10. Use these lyrics as a prompt: “There’s only now/There’s only here/Give in to love/Or live in fear” (“Another Day” from RENT) and write a story in nine sentences.