Prompt Masterlist
So here it is, the big erica_leaves prompt post with 55 ideas and inspirations for our amazing fic writers. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, songs and pics!
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JUMPING OFF POINTS
prompt 1: "Dude, never drink with the drummer." [by hectic1]
prompt 2: "Erica waking in the midst of a world rocking orgasm only to find XY watching her with intense interest. Erica is of course 7 kinds of embarrassed - imagine the snappy repartee with XY trying to get Erica to tell her what her dirty little subconscious brain came up with so she could make it true on a conscious level . ." [by calliebian]
prompt 3: "Erica? This jealousy? So hot." [by ilovecsr]
prompt 4: "And if I were to refuse?"
prompt 5: "Remind me to never turn my back on you."
prompt 6: "I think we need to get out of here. Otherwise we are going to be the talk of the town."
prompt 7: "You’re so beautiful when you’re helpless."
prompt 8: "Of all the ridiculous things to ask me!"
prompt 9: "If it were just sexual, would there be this kind of ease between us?"
prompt 10: "Look, are you going to kiss me or should I just hail a cab?"
prompt 11: "Well, apparently I passed out, fell over, gave myself a concussion, and was hauled off in an ambulance. I think it's safe to say that I probably shouldn't drink again for a while. What do you think?"
prompt 12: "They just crossed the line. And when someone crosses that line, bad things happen. So what happens next is solely on them."
prompt 13: "You're almost pretty."
prompt 14: "She does have a sense of humor, it just runs in a different direction."
prompt 15: "Are you stalking me?"
[prompt 4 - 15 thanks to fannyfae @ writers_muses]
PICTURE PROMPTS
prompt 16: fear by hahnsrockstar
prompt 17: baseball by sql_girl
prompt 18: smokey bar
prompt 19: box full of secrets
prompt 20: cemetery
prompt 21: old letters
prompt 22: the cafè around the corner
prompt 23: the old church
prompt 24: the old clock by fannyfae
prompt 25: the shoe box
prompt 56: Merica date [by mickaela82]
prompt 57: bad hair day [by mia_bell27]
"I can imagine Hahn trying to flatten out those rebellious curls all day to no avail, with Sloan watching her attempts chuckling in some form of 'ape man' triumph." [greys_1]
LYRIC PROMPTS
prompt 26: Ampersand - Amanda Palmer
Lying in my bed, I remember what you said: "There's no such thing as accidents"
prompt 27: Thief - Belly [by hectic1]
She's dragging me through places I didn't want to be seen
She is a liar as I am a thief
Because of you I came, because of you I leave
prompt 28: Spaceman - Belly [by hectic1]
She said, 'I'm not a unicorn, you can always find another one'
And 'you're not a dying sun, there's always another ray to your heart'
prompt 29: You had me from Hello - Bon Jovi [by sql_girl]
You come to me and take my hand
We start dancin' slow
You put your lips up to my ear and whisper way down low
From the first time I saw you it felt like coming home
If I never told you I just want you to know
You had me from hello
prompt 30: The Dandy Warhols - We used to be friends
A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again, a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet is all I intend.
TITLE PROMPTS
prompt 31: "Sunrises After Dark" [by frenchroast]
prompt 32: "The Lies That Blind" [by frenchroast]
prompt 33: "Soy R Us: Tales of a Chinese Restaurant" [by frenchroast]
prompt 34: "The Sound of Silence"
prompt 35: "The Last Dance"
prompt 36: "Miles To Go"
prompt 37: "Little Wonders"
prompt 38: "Elsewhere"
prompt 39: "Fighting Nerves"
prompt 40: "Pieces of Time"
BOOKS-POEMS-QUOTES
prompt 41: "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou [thanks to musicalfreak86]
http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/insp/maya.html
prompt 42: "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom
"There are five people you meet in heaven," the Blue Man suddenly said. "Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth."
Who are the 5 people Erica would meet? Which question marks would they explain?
prompt 43: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens [thanks to sweetater8]
"How about Erica as an Ebenezer-type character? It could give the writer a chance to dive into Erica's past. Maybe her first boyfriend? A female Professor in college she had a crush on?"
prompt 44: “Choices, more choices than we like afterward to believe, are made far backward in the innocence of childhood.” - Loren Eiseley [thanks to fannyfae]
prompt 45: "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King [thanks to fannyfae]
prompt 46: “His ignorance is encyclopedic.” - Abba Eban [thanks to fannyfae]
SONG PROMPTS
prompt 47: Tina Dico - let's get lost [thanks to inspiron13]
Click to viewprompt 48: 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill [thanks to s16s]
prompt 49: Babyface - Whip Appeal [thanks to calliebian]
prompt 50: R Kelly - Bump 'N Grind [thanks to calliebian]
prompt 51: Diana Krall - Teach me tonight [thanks to calliebian]
Teach me tonight
Did you see that I've got a lot to learn?
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn,
Since this is the perfect spot to learn -
Oooh, teach me tonight!
Let's start with the ABC of it,
Roll right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it,
Teach me tonight!
The sky's a blackboard high above you,
If a shooting star goes by,
I'll use that star, to write I love you,
A thousand times across the sky.
One thing isn't very clear my love,
Should the teacher stand so near my love?
Graduation's almost here my love,
Come on and teach me tonight.
I'll use that star to write I love you,
A thousand times across the sky,
One thing isn't very clear my love
Should the teacher stand so near my love,
Graduation's almost here my love,
Teach me......please teach me tonight!
prompt 52: Deborah Cox - How Did You Get Here [thanks to calliebian]
how did you get in
nobody's supposed to be here
I've tried that love thing for the last time
my heart says no, no
nobody's supposed to be here
but you came along and changed my mind
I've spent all my life
on a search to find
the love who'll stay for eternity
the heaven sent to fulfill my needs
but when I turned around
again love has knocked me down
my heart got broken
oh it hurt so bad
I'm sad to say love wins again
so I place my heart under lock and key
to take some time and take care of me
but I turn around and you're staying here
chorus
this time I swear I'm through
but if only you knew
how many times I've said those words
then fall again when will I ever learn
knowing these tears I've cried
this lovely black butterfly
must take a chance and spread my wings
love can make you do some crazy things
so I place my heart under lock and key
to take some time and take care of me
but I turn around and you're standing here
standing here
how did you
how did you get here
shoo do doop
nobody's supposed to be here
prompt 53: Jamie Cullum - Nothing I do [thanks to mean__manic]
alternative link: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3231691/Jamie_Cullum_Nothing_I_Do
prompt 54: Lil Wayne - Mrs Officer [thanks to hectic1]
prompt 55: Neyo - Miss Independent [thanks to hectic1]