Writing Prompt Generator: Stichomancy
Enjoy reading stichomancy prompts? Ready to give it a try? No time to flip through books and menus and your neighbor’s trash to find phrases at random? We have the solution! Just choose your level of challenge, and this whiz-bang contraption will spew forth the number of phrases indicated, which you will then incorporate — verbatim! — into your own masterpiece of microfiction.
The rules we use:
- preexisting punctuation & capitalization must be maintained
- you may add capitalization & punctuation if you so desire
- no adding words into source phrases, or dropping words from them
More about stichomancy writing prompts.
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Note: some subject matter may be unsuitable for children.
– a hefty return on investment
– A good scent?
– without triggering the activation light
– can be wrapped in plastic
– “Screw you, Alan!” I yelled
– strode from the office
– red wine of the lowest denomination
– blood and meat pouring out
– after a long illness
– swinging your hips
Swinging your hips you strode from the office after a long illness, with red wine of the lowest denomination (aka blood), and meat pouring out of the hole where your stomach used to be. Sorry I shot you, bro.
S’alright, happens sometimes. Bonus points for using them all in one sentence!
“Screw you, Alan!” I yelled from the kitchen. He thought he was so clever. With a shim improvised from a cereal box, I got the fridge open without triggering the activation light. A funny smell rolled out, an unidentifiable scent. A good scent? I couldn’t decide. Not just leftovers can be wrapped in plastic, Alan. Why didn’t you cover it up? I scraped his secret photosensitive goo into an opaque plastic container, knowing it would bring a hefty return on investment when I delivered it to Alan’s rival biochemists.