Christmas Prompt Challenge
I know this is a busy time of year for most people, and a lot of us have Christmas wishlist fics for passion_perfect and other projects on the go, so I thought instead of a fic challenge I'd start a prompt challenge. It's less time-consuming, which I hope means more people will participate.
The Goal: To amass as many Christmas-related story ideas as possible between now and the end of December. (With a secondary goal of inspiring some actual fic, of course.)
The Rules:
1. Comment with your prompts.
2. Prompts/ideas must be in sentence form. Multiple sentences are fine. (Be as vague or as specific as you like.)
3. Prompts/ideas must be in some way related to Christmas.
4. The relationship between Jo and Blair does not have to be the primary focus of the story but should factor in somehow (ie. it's okay if they're not mentioned in the prompt).
Any questions? Comment or email me (dfelony@hotmail.com). Otherwise, get prompting! I've started the list off with 20 ideas.
CHRISTMAS PROMPTS
Fed up with Jo's accusations about trying to buy happiness, Blair resolves to make or bake all her gifts this year.
Jo runs into an ex on Christmas Eve.
One of the girls (or both) becomes embroiled in a neighbourhood war over house decorations.
A sledding accident forces one of the girls to spend Christmas laid up on the couch.
Blair sneaks a peek at her gift from Jo, then tries to exchange it without Jo noticing -- before Christmas Day.
Jo is uncomfortable at a Warner company Christmas party.
Blair makes herself Jo's present -- complete with a big red ribbon.
Jo is worried when Blair is extremely late for Christmas dinner.
Jo can't remember where she hid her gift for Blair.
Blair is furious when Jo decorates the Christmas tree without her and doesn't follow the design she picked out.
Blair expects to find a ring under the tree, but all she unwraps is flannel pajamas.
Years later, the girls remember the Christmas that almost wasn't.
Jo can't bring herself to ask for what she really wants for Christmas, but she gets it anyway.
A heated argument over the last toy/tool/item of clothing on the shelf leads to a scuffle and lands one of the girls in jail on Christmas Eve.
Jo claims Christmas movies are sappy and lame, but later Blair catches her in tears watching Miracle on 34th Street (or the movie of your choice).
Blair is mortified when she opens a very private gift from Jo in front of her mother (or her father or Mrs. Garrett).
Jo and Blair can't decide on what (or how much) to give their daughter for Christmas.
Jo's trying to study, but watching Blair sucking on a candy cane is just too distracting.
Blair and Jo plan to spend Christmas alone together for the first time, but plans change when Natalie doesn't have anywhere else to go.
Blair wants to spend the holidays in the Caribbean, but Jo refuses to celebrate Christmas somewhere that doesn't get snow.
The Goal: To amass as many Christmas-related story ideas as possible between now and the end of December. (With a secondary goal of inspiring some actual fic, of course.)
The Rules:
1. Comment with your prompts.
2. Prompts/ideas must be in sentence form. Multiple sentences are fine. (Be as vague or as specific as you like.)
3. Prompts/ideas must be in some way related to Christmas.
4. The relationship between Jo and Blair does not have to be the primary focus of the story but should factor in somehow (ie. it's okay if they're not mentioned in the prompt).
Any questions? Comment or email me (dfelony@hotmail.com). Otherwise, get prompting! I've started the list off with 20 ideas.
CHRISTMAS PROMPTS
Fed up with Jo's accusations about trying to buy happiness, Blair resolves to make or bake all her gifts this year.
Jo runs into an ex on Christmas Eve.
One of the girls (or both) becomes embroiled in a neighbourhood war over house decorations.
A sledding accident forces one of the girls to spend Christmas laid up on the couch.
Blair sneaks a peek at her gift from Jo, then tries to exchange it without Jo noticing -- before Christmas Day.
Jo is uncomfortable at a Warner company Christmas party.
Blair makes herself Jo's present -- complete with a big red ribbon.
Jo is worried when Blair is extremely late for Christmas dinner.
Jo can't remember where she hid her gift for Blair.
Blair is furious when Jo decorates the Christmas tree without her and doesn't follow the design she picked out.
Blair expects to find a ring under the tree, but all she unwraps is flannel pajamas.
Years later, the girls remember the Christmas that almost wasn't.
Jo can't bring herself to ask for what she really wants for Christmas, but she gets it anyway.
A heated argument over the last toy/tool/item of clothing on the shelf leads to a scuffle and lands one of the girls in jail on Christmas Eve.
Jo claims Christmas movies are sappy and lame, but later Blair catches her in tears watching Miracle on 34th Street (or the movie of your choice).
Blair is mortified when she opens a very private gift from Jo in front of her mother (or her father or Mrs. Garrett).
Jo and Blair can't decide on what (or how much) to give their daughter for Christmas.
Jo's trying to study, but watching Blair sucking on a candy cane is just too distracting.
Blair and Jo plan to spend Christmas alone together for the first time, but plans change when Natalie doesn't have anywhere else to go.
Blair wants to spend the holidays in the Caribbean, but Jo refuses to celebrate Christmas somewhere that doesn't get snow.