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©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Real Life

Writing prompt: Renovation. Change. Real life is full of changes, some by our own doing, some not. Put your main character in a situation where a change is about to occur. It’s not a welcomed change, and your main character attempts to evade/avoid the change three times before finally surrendering. Can you make it funny?  Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt © Carol Munro, 2015

These sibling babies trusted us enough to nap at our doorstep. It was a warm, sunny spot on a mid-September afternoon. Baby squirrels are friendly and curious at this age, but within a few weeks, these two grew to be cautious of the humans who shared their half acre.

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Two

Writing prompt: Think about a time when you were young and trusting, when you could nod off without a worry of danger. Or a time when you were totally at ease with someone – someone you could nap with under the stippled shade of a tree. Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt © Carol Munro, 2015

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Sweet Delights

Writing prompt: Look at this sweet bunny. It doesn’t quite look real, does it? It looks like a fabulous illustrator added it to the photo. Sometimes what looks sweet isn’t. Sometimes sweet goes sour. Sometimes sweet is really sinister. Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Looking Up

Writing prompt: I see Papa Bear with a bowl of porridge. What do you see? Go outside on a cloudy day. Look up. Make a list of the things you see in the clouds. Dragons, alligators, the Stay-Puft Man. A lamp post, an ear of corn, a horse-drawn canoe. Use one or more of the things on your list in a story for kids. Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Fire

Writing prompt: This sign was in an antique barn in Vermont. Ever go antiquing? Do you remember the smell of old goods gathered? Can you smell the smoke of this cigar? Go ahead. Light it up. What fire does this photo light for you? Write about it, but be sure to include the scent of smell. Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

Yes. We visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, and I was captivated by the art of the building itself. Of course I took photos of some beautiful, intriguing, inspiring works of art. Van Gogh, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Sargeant… But I love architecture. And I appreciated the beauty of the building that held such beauty.

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Art

Writing prompt: Write about beauty. About finding art in a leaf or piece of lumber, in a lamp finial or the face of a clock, in a field of rye or a mountain range. Write about the beauty of the scent of a newborn baby, the skin of a woman of a certain age, or the calluses of a young construction worker.  Where do you find art? Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

Meet Snickers. Don’t tell any other pet I’ve ever had, but Snickers was my favorite. I thanked him often for choosing to come live with us. Yes. It was his choice, after our youngest son invited him in for a visit. Snickers had been living as a survivalist—on his own after, we suspect, some dope dropped him off in our neighborhood. We asked around. None of the neighbors called him their own. So he joined our family. He was about a year old when he adopted us. And he stayed for 17 years. I miss his smell. That warm, sweet smell.

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Favorite Smell

Writing prompt: Imagine your main character is in a place he/she never expected to be. Ever. Never ever. The situation is life threatening, and what brings your MC from the brink is that smell. That favorite scent.  Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

I scavenged photo files from a year ago for today’s challenge. Unfortunately, I happened upon this unwanted guest who had visited my eggplant bushes. It was just as disconcerting seeing this creepy, yet fascinating, creature today as it was last August 16. Doesn’t it make you shudder and wipe imaginary crawly things off your arms and legs? Yeah, me too.

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Last Year

Writing prompt: Your main character settles in for the evening. A glass of his/her favorite beverage, a good book, the rhythm of rain against the window. Ahhh. And then there’s a knock at the door. Nay, a pounding.  Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015

©2015 Photo by Carol Munro

Photo prompt: Yellow

Writing prompt: Does this Canada goose seem mellow yellow? He was having a pleasant day with his buds, stopping to smell the flowers, padding around in the mucky water’s edge, going in for a little float-about. A nice, easy-going, do-nothing day. But then the mallards showed up. What happened next? Go. Write. Have fun.

For more info about the photo challenge, go here: Suzannah Conway’s August Break, 2015.

Photo and writing prompt. © Carol Munro, 2015