{"id":664,"date":"2012-11-08T21:02:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T02:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?page_id=664"},"modified":"2016-09-23T22:26:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T02:26:01","slug":"writing-prompt-generator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/writing-prompt-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Prompt Generator: Four Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar xmlHttp;\n  function getXHttp()   {\n   try     { \n     xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();\n     }\n   catch (e)     { \n     try       {\n       xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(\"Msxml2.XMLHTTP\");\n       }\n     catch (e)       {\n       try         {\n         xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(\"Microsoft.XMLHTTP\");\n         }\n       catch (e)         {\n         alert(\"Your browser does not support AJAX!\");\n         return false;\n         }\n       }\n     }\n   }\n function promptMe() {\n   getXHttp();\n   xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()     {\n     if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)\n       { document.getElementById('promptBox').innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;       }\n     }\n   xmlHttp.open(\"GET\",\"\/skelleyverse\/cgi-bin\/4Lgen.pl?t=\" + Math.random(),true);\n   xmlHttp.send(); }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n.prompt_element { background-color:#eee; margin:2px; padding:10px;}\n.prompt_label { display:inline-block; width:80px; text-align:right; margin-right:15px;}\n--><\/style>\n<p>People ask, &#8220;Where do you get your ideas?&#8221; Get &#8217;em right here!<\/p>\n<ol>The generator gives you the Four Elements for a prompt:<\/p>\n<li>A character,<\/li>\n<li>in a location,<\/li>\n<li>with an object,<\/li>\n<li>facing a situation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Combine all four into a perfect work of microfiction. The only rule is that all four elements must be used in some way. Simple, right? These are supposed to be warm-up exercises, so think in terms of flash fiction. You don&#8217;t need to create a fully developed beginning, middle, and end.<\/p>\n<p>They can be funny, creepy, sad, or just plain weird. We tend toward humor, but there\u2019s no rule saying you have to. There\u2019s also no rule saying you <i>have to<\/i> keep them brief. If you\u2019re truly inspired, you could turn these prompts into short stories or even novels.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About 4 Elements Prompts\" href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/about-4-elements-prompts\/\">More about Four Elements prompts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, have fun and share your results in a comment!<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: some subject matter may be unsuitable for children.<\/em><\/p>\n<form><input style=\"background-color: #cce;\" onclick=\"javascript:promptMe();\" type=\"button\" value=\"Gimme My Prompt!\" \/><br \/>\n(over 8 billion possibilities!)<\/form>\n<div id=\"promptBox\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/promptMe();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People ask, &#8220;Where do you get your ideas?&#8221; Get &#8217;em right here! The generator gives you the Four Elements for a prompt: A character, in a location, with an object, facing a situation. Combine all four into a perfect work of microfiction. The only rule is that all four elements must be used in some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4054,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions\/4054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}