Oddly Prompted

I call this page "Oddly Prompted" because it contains a list of odd prompts.

The prompts are generated by randomly selecting a story type, genre, occupation, scene location and scene prop. I throw them together into a sentence and voilà!

Here is a list from the odd prompt generator.

Click here to see the source of the prompts and to suggest your own elements.

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12/31/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about an actor who plays an extra in a TV show. At some point, the actor must appear in a recording studio and encounter a body belt (not necessarily at the same time).
12/26/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about a journeyman who learns to play an instrument. At some point, the journeyman must appear in a hotel and encounter a film (not necessarily at the same time).
12/25/2013	Write a Romance piece about a machinist who gets divorced. At some point, the machinist must appear in a construction site and encounter shingles (not necessarily at the same time).
12/25/2013	Write a Horror piece about a roofer who learns to ballroom dance. At some point, the roofer must appear in an airplane and encounter a stone (not necessarily at the same time).
12/23/2013	Write a Literary Fiction piece about a secretary who catches a fly ball. At some point, the secretary must appear in an art studio and encounter a barrel (not necessarily at the same time).
12/22/2013	Write a Fantasy piece about a chambermaid who reads a book. At some point, the chambermaid must appear in an office and encounter a gavel (not necessarily at the same time).
12/21/2013	Write a Crime piece about an optometrist who coaches a little league team. At some point, the optometrist must appear in an office and encounter a cleaver (not necessarily at the same time).
12/20/2013	Write a Literary Fiction piece about an artisan who goes to a baseball game. At some point, the artisan must appear in an office and encounter a forge (not necessarily at the same time).
12/18/2013	Write a Detective piece about a boilermaker who falls off a cliff. At some point, the boilermaker must appear in a moon and encounter a baseball (not necessarily at the same time).
12/18/2013	Write a Mystery piece about a painter who learns to ballroom dance. At some point, the painter must appear in a house and encounter a compounding equipment (not necessarily at the same time).
12/18/2013	Write a Detective piece about an advocate who walks to work. At some point, the advocate must appear in a school and encounter paint canvas (not necessarily at the same time).
12/18/2013	Write a Mystery piece about a physician who attends a meeting. At some point, the physician must appear in an automotive shop and encounter an aviation headset (not necessarily at the same time).
12/17/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about a welder who returns to school. At some point, the welder must appear in a construction site and encounter pendulums and gears (not necessarily at the same time).
12/15/2013	Write a Fantasy piece about a traditional tradesman who falls off a cliff. At some point, the traditional tradesman must appear in an embassy and encounter heels and soles (not necessarily at the same time).
12/15/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about a solderer who hits a home run. At some point, the solderer must appear in a hotel and encounter a ledger book (not necessarily at the same time).
12/15/2013	Write a Science Fiction piece about a millwright who gets lost. At some point, the millwright must appear in a tailor shop and encounter a computer (not necessarily at the same time).
12/14/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about a painter who plays an extra in a TV show. At some point, the painter must appear in a workstation and encounter a gavel (not necessarily at the same time).
12/14/2013	Write a Detective piece about an optometrist who goest to a concert. At some point, the optometrist must appear in a laboratory and encounter a podium (not necessarily at the same time).
12/7/2013	Write a Action-Adventure piece about an electrician who goes to the ballet. At some point, the electrician must appear in a machine shop and encounter a watch repair kit (not necessarily at the same time).
12/7/2013	Write a Detective piece about a plasterer who rents a movie. At some point, the plasterer must appear in a cubicle and encounter sewing supplies (not necessarily at the same time).
12/1/2013	Write a Horror piece about a chimney sweep who becomes a vagrant. At some point, the chimney sweep must appear in a haberdashery and encounter an equipment (not necessarily at the same time).

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