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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4/28/2013	Write a Literary Fiction piece about a cooper who gets lost. At some point, the cooper must appear in an accounting office and encounter baking goods (not necessarily at the same time).		View Stories
4/26/2013	Write a Detective piece about an architect who writes a poem. At some point, the architect must appear in an office and encounter sewing supplies (not necessarily at the same time).		View Stories
4/24/2013	Write a Horror piece about an advocate who gets a job. At some point, the advocate must appear in a school and encounter baking goods (not necessarily at the same time).		View Stories
4/22/2013	Write a Crime piece about a professor who gets sick. At some point, the professor must appear in a jewelry store and encounter a beaker (not necessarily at the same time).
4/20/2013	Write a Horror piece about a flight attendant who has a part in a play. At some point, the flight attendant must appear in a machine shop and encounter a cleaver (not necessarily at the same time).
4/18/2013	Write a Horror piece about a cable joiner who returns to school. At some point, the cable joiner must appear in an animal hospital and encounter a vinyl plank (not necessarily at the same time).
4/17/2013	Write a Detective piece about a barber who reads a book. At some point, the barber must appear in a room and encounter a carpet tack strip (not necessarily at the same time).
4/15/2013	Write a Science Fiction piece about a cable joiner who becomes a vagrant. At some point, the cable joiner must appear in a barbershop and encounter a fish (not necessarily at the same time).		View Stories
4/10/2013	Write a Mystery piece about a fishmonger who has a part in a play. At some point, the fishmonger must appear in an airplane and encounter scissors (not necessarily at the same time).
4/10/2013	Write a Science Fiction piece about an actor who writes a book. At some point, the actor must appear in a court and encounter an equipment (not necessarily at the same time).
4/9/2013	Write a Crime piece about an artisan who has a part in a play. At some point, the artisan must appear in a barbershop and encounter a propane torch (not necessarily at the same time).
4/9/2013	Write a Mystery piece about a chef who has a part in a play. At some point, the chef must appear in a machine shop and encounter wrenches (not necessarily at the same time).
4/8/2013	Write a Detective piece about a veterinarian who reads a book. At some point, the veterinarian must appear in a building wall and encounter pots & pans (not necessarily at the same time).
4/8/2013	Write a Science Fiction piece about a boilermaker who passes out. At some point, the boilermaker must appear in a work site and encounter a podium (not necessarily at the same time).
4/7/2013	Write a Crime piece about a scientist who comes out of the closet. At some point, the scientist must appear in an airplane and encounter a podium (not necessarily at the same time).
4/5/2013	Write a Crime piece about a locksmith who rents a movie. At some point, the locksmith must appear in a butchershop and encounter a notepad (not necessarily at the same time).

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