Flash & Dash Writing Prompts

Flash & Dash for Writers and Playwrights
Hosted by Bhelanna Blaze, Cold Shot Play Readers,
Director, Dramaturge, Chief Cook, and Bottle-washer
1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month for Flash & Dash for Writers and Playwrights
2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month for Cold Shot Play Readers
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Flash & Dash for Writers and Playwrights gives writers an opportunity to compose or work on short stage plays and scenes. We work exclusively with the Flash play format, also known as the 10-minute play. This play form is usually a one act play, most often one scene, and runs approximately 10 minutes.

NOTE: Excellent YouTube 13-minute video on the writing process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1pnpL8295E

Suggested Rules of Fiction:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000906.html

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Word Prompts
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http://www.wordthink.com

1.Ruminate
v. Think deeply about something. “We sat ruminating on the nature of existence.”

2.Sycophant; Sycophantic
n,adj. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery; A servile self-seeking flatterer. “There was sycophantic laughter from the audience at their bosses jokes.”

3.Nuance
n. A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound. “Subtle nuances of her on-screen character.”

4.Recidivate; Recidivism
intr. v. To return to a previous pattern of behavior. Relapse: go back to bad or criminal behavior. “The convictions for those over sixty are unlikely to recidivate.”

5.Potentate
n. One who has the power and position to rule over others: A monarch or ruler. “Industrial potentates.”

6.Peevish
adj. Easily irritated, particularly by unimportant things. “He was peevish around smokers.”

7.Brusque
adj. Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. “Her boss gave a brusque reply.”

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Prompts, Metaphor Prompts, & Simile
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http://literarydevices.net/metaphor/

An implied metaphor is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things, but it does so without mentioning one of them. Instead, it implies the comparison by using a word or phrase that describes the unmentioned term and makes the comparison in that way.

1. The _____ is a ______.

2. He tried to help but his legs were rubber.

3. Her eyes were fireflies.

4. I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.

5. His eyes were ice.

6. Time is money.

7. The peaceful lake was a mirror.

[A simile is a comparison using like or as. Example: Her hair was like straw. A metaphor is saying some is something else. Example: Her hair was straw. – Yahoo Best Answers

simile vs. metaphor

Your eyes are like the sun.vs. You are my sunshine.]

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Quote of the Day
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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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Synopsis
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www.imdb.com

You can use the synopsis of a play to create a whole new play. Change something about one or more of the characters. Change the setting. What would change if the story was told 20 years earlier or 20 years later?

Synopsis:

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

108 min – Drama | Romance – 7 August 1954 (USA)

When churlish, spoiled rich man, Bob Merrick, foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that causes the life saving machine to be unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne. Dr. Wayne dies and Merrick tries to change his life for the better, for the widow and the community.

Director: Douglas Sirk
Writers: Lloyd C. Douglas (novel), Robert Blees (screenplay)

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