One Quirk Later #4

Allo allo allo! It’s already time for our next Quirk, guys. Are you surprised? Because I am. Where did August go.

I’m kind of nervous about this one, to be honest, because I actually put it together several weeks ago and have since been just. staring at it. And a brilliant idea has not yet whacked me in the face. NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING, JEM.

But hey! What’s life for if not taking risks. hahahaaa no one ever accused me of taking THAT as my motto. 

(...Every one of those pictures tickles my fancy, though?? why is my brain not jumping up and down saying "OOH OOH PICK ME"?? rude.)

One Quirk Later: Prompt #4

(Individual pictures can be found on my Pinterest boards b. heist, f. dialogue and b. conflict)

With the Quirks, I’m trying to cover a range of tones and provide opportunity for a variety of genres. This one looks like dystopian to me… which is not a genre I usually write. But it could, of course, be any other genre you so desired! Put a twist on it! Combine dystopian with heist! Go with whatever plot bunny first pops into your head! I will read them all and applaud.

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To join in with this madness:

1. Write whatever this picture prompt inspires you to!
2. Post it on your blog! (Unless you prefer to keep it private, which is fine too.)
3. Link back to this post—and there's a link-up image, too, if you'd like to use that.
   
   

4. Comment on one of my posts so I can come and read your amazing writing!!
5. And I'll list your links the next post. :D

You have a fortnight before I put up the next post with my story, at which point... uh... nothing will happen. It's not a deadline, I don't have the heart for that. xD You can use any Quirk at any time!

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The last Quirk inspired stories in a few of you:

• The Temperamental Writer has bantery sisters and a soft boy whose photographer's eye is caught by the random beautiful things in life!
• Sam has a brother and sister who have the genuine sibling relationship of swinging from friends to I will launch myself out of this tree at you! 
• And Becky has a little girl who meets a fae boy and most likely doesn't get murdered, we hope!

Go and reeeead them!

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So who writes dystopian? Or are you a fantasy-only writer? Maybe you write stories that are *gasp* NOT speculative fiction??

What has life been up to for you? I hope you're all keeping well in these odd times, and still have your job, if that's a thing for you! 

I've been working solo shifts at a nursery and there is nothing as peaceful as pottering around plants all day. Even for people with a semi-brown thumb. 

The only time it's not peaceful? when you grab a pot and there's a huntsman on it and you grab the huntsman.

Now, I grew up in an unlined shed-house, and there were huntsmen there. We called them Harry, Larry, Barry, and Gary. (Gary was grey. The rest got to share names.) They quite often sat on the walls beside the toilet at night... I recall once there was a huntsman on one wall and a scorpion on the other. But. That doesn't mean I'm happy to grab one when I haven't realised it's there. 

Do you have spiders like this? Do you believe the story that giant spiders in fantasy can be traced back to Tolkien? (the popular story is that he was bit by a tarantula as a child, but apparently he did say in a letter that one of his kids was particularly scared of spiders, so he put them in for that.) Would you give a spider warm hugs?

Annnd I'm probably far enough off topic, so I'll wrap up with the usual: Join in, I'd love to see what this Quirk sparks in you! And if you'd like to see a prompt focused towards a certain genre/tone/etc, tell me!

Have a great fortnight, friends. <3