The Chariot

I'm going to be posting daily prompts to inspire writing, art or journaling. Use these as you would like to help keep your creative practices moving.

Key words/ideas:

• controlling the direction of things

• travel and seeking

• willpower and discipline

Some thoughts that occur to me:

• Take the travelogue format and write a short travelogue of a world you have created (or a world that is unusual in some way). Don’t acknowledge the unusual nature - write as if it is normal.

• Take a character who is extremely capable and disciplined in the area in which the story is exploring. Come up with a list of obstacles until you find something they would fail to overcome.

During January 2024 I recommend using these either to generate ideas, alongside the Solo Writer’s Curriculum theme for the month, or to prepare for the writing activity I will be suggesting next month, Flash February (28 days, 28 pieces of flash fiction).

Note that cards are drawn at random and may be drawn more than once. In that case I will repost with an additional idea. I am going to cap the number of repeats at 3 until I’ve been through the whole deck, but other than this I let the luck of the draw decide. Coming up with more ideas for the same card will force me to be more imaginative and its something I strongly recommend.