The Camp NaNo challenge graphs/prompts
I totally meant to do this yesterday but was without internet! That sort of situation always leaves me shaky and weak... so I just went to bed early! *grins*
I decided against the Verbage Challenge and instead put together some picture prompts. There are 30 smallish pictures but will still be rather large.
Notes on how to use the prompts (or not use the prompts):
-You do not have to use these prompts in any of your writing for this challenge. These are just a way to encourage your muse to cooperate for the month. Feel free to mix and match!
-Saying that, if you'd like to use other prompts from previous challenges or prompt tables, you may. That being said, if you use the prompts for this challenge, you will not get a prompt banner in addition to the special challenge banner.
-Remember that you don't have to be literal with the pictures. It's something to use as a "jumping off" place for the writing.
-Feel free to use the quote as the "header" for a chapter (as I like to do with my longer writing) or as the general idea for the day's writing.
-The "Today I Wrote" list is just that - something you wrote about that day. Once again, it can be something specific in one part of the day's writing or it can be the overall arc of the idea.
-It would be better if you only used one prompt per day. Any more than that and your poor muse will get confused!
-The only real rule for this challenge is that you push yourself. You don't need to post anything you write this month (although we'd love to see things here and there as you'd like to share them) and you don't have to finish one story per prompt.
-Okay, there's TWO rules for this challenge. The second would be HAVE FUN!
Here are the prompts/tables for the Camp NaNo challenge:
5_prompts
Today I wrote about...
color
scissors
a book
walking
36
a shirt
paper
weather
a rock
a uniform
music
discussions
a vehicle
envelopes
heat
the favorite
darkness
an animal
food
traveling
a poem
keys
jewelry
broken
awe
a basket
abandonment
history
sadness
holes
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30 Quotes for 30 Days
(all quotes are taken from Goodreads)
01. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
― Dr. Seuss
02. Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
― Bernard M. Baruch
03. I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
― Marilyn Monroe
04. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
― Dr. Seuss
05. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
― Oscar Wilde
06. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
― Mae West
07. In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
― Robert Frost
08. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
― C.S. Lewis
09. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
10. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
― Maya Angelou
11. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. Without music, life would be a mistake.
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
13. A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
14. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
― Albert Einstein
15. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
― Mark Twain
16. A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
― Steve Martin
17. Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
18. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
― Thomas Stephen Szasz
19. You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
20. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.
― Sam Levenson
21. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
― Oscar Levant
22. All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
23. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
― George Bernard Shaw
24. I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
― Douglas Adams
25. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
― E.B. White
26. When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
― Albert Einstein
27. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
― Margaret Mead
28. Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.
― Milan Kundera
29. I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
30. There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
The Extra One: Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.
― Rainer Maria Rilke
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
I decided against the Verbage Challenge and instead put together some picture prompts. There are 30 smallish pictures but will still be rather large.
Notes on how to use the prompts (or not use the prompts):
-You do not have to use these prompts in any of your writing for this challenge. These are just a way to encourage your muse to cooperate for the month. Feel free to mix and match!
-Saying that, if you'd like to use other prompts from previous challenges or prompt tables, you may. That being said, if you use the prompts for this challenge, you will not get a prompt banner in addition to the special challenge banner.
-Remember that you don't have to be literal with the pictures. It's something to use as a "jumping off" place for the writing.
-Feel free to use the quote as the "header" for a chapter (as I like to do with my longer writing) or as the general idea for the day's writing.
-The "Today I Wrote" list is just that - something you wrote about that day. Once again, it can be something specific in one part of the day's writing or it can be the overall arc of the idea.
-It would be better if you only used one prompt per day. Any more than that and your poor muse will get confused!
-The only real rule for this challenge is that you push yourself. You don't need to post anything you write this month (although we'd love to see things here and there as you'd like to share them) and you don't have to finish one story per prompt.
-Okay, there's TWO rules for this challenge. The second would be HAVE FUN!
Here are the prompts/tables for the Camp NaNo challenge:
5_prompts
Today I wrote about...
color
scissors
a book
walking
36
a shirt
paper
weather
a rock
a uniform
music
discussions
a vehicle
envelopes
heat
the favorite
darkness
an animal
food
traveling
a poem
keys
jewelry
broken
awe
a basket
abandonment
history
sadness
holes
Today I wrote about... | |||
| color | scissors | a book | |
| walking | 36 | a shirt | |
| paper | weather | a rock | |
| a uniform | music | discussions | |
| a vehicle | envelopes | heat | |
| the favorite | darkness | an animal | |
| food | traveling | a poem | |
| keys | jewelry | broken | |
| awe | a basket | abandonment | |
| history | sadness | holes | |
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
30 Quotes for 30 Days
(all quotes are taken from Goodreads)
01. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
― Dr. Seuss
02. Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
― Bernard M. Baruch
03. I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
― Marilyn Monroe
04. You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
― Dr. Seuss
05. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
― Oscar Wilde
06. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
― Mae West
07. In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
― Robert Frost
08. Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
― C.S. Lewis
09. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
10. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
― Maya Angelou
11. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. Without music, life would be a mistake.
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
13. A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
14. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
― Albert Einstein
15. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
― Mark Twain
16. A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
― Steve Martin
17. Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
18. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
― Thomas Stephen Szasz
19. You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
20. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.
― Sam Levenson
21. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
― Oscar Levant
22. All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
23. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
― George Bernard Shaw
24. I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
― Douglas Adams
25. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
― E.B. White
26. When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
― Albert Einstein
27. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
― Margaret Mead
28. Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.
― Milan Kundera
29. I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
30. There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
The Extra One: Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.
― Rainer Maria Rilke
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
