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LISTS
(Everyone needs to make lists, use these to prompt your muse to put pen to paper)
- Make a shopping list
- Make a list of presents you want to get for Christmas
- Make a list of things you want to achieve in the next six months

PICTURE PROMPTS
(Use these pictures as prompts for anything your muse might write)
- Hamburger Telephone
- Unmade bed
- Microwave

POSTCARD PROMPTS
(Pen a postcard to someone using these postcard prompts)
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Seattle Needle
- London Eye

SURVEY SAYS
(This prompt is based on the notion your muse has to fill out a survey, new questions will be offered every prompt set)
- What is your name?
- Where were you born?
- How many lanuages can you speak?
- How many children do you have?
- What sort of car do you drive?
- What's your favourite food?
- Would you ever swim with sharks?
- If you had to paint your house one colour inside and out, what would it be?
- Do you believe in Feng Shui, why or why not?
- Have you ever had a near death experience?

DIARY PROMPT
- Write a diary for your muse every day for a week, include their location, mood, and what the weather is like

MISC PROMPTS
- Your muse is applying for a job as a donut seller, have them write their claim for their position and why they would be good at it
- Write an anonymous love letter to a friend as a joke from their "Secret Admirer"
- Your muse finds a pristine clean whiteboard in a room with a fresh marker and becomes tempted to write on it. What do they write/draw?
- Your muse decides they want to write their memoirs. What do they write for a prologue?
- Your muse decides to write one sentence about themselves each day for thirty days. At the end of the thirty, post all the sentences collectively as "A Month In The Life Of..." story.

1. Write a letter of complaint to someone, eg. to a company complaining about their product.

2. Pick a fellow muse you’re friends/family/in love with and write a list of answers to these questions about them to see how well you know them:

1) One name:
2) One occupation they’ve had:
3) One home town:
4) One friend:
5) One aspiration:
6) One fear:
7) One memory:
8) One common phrase they always say:
9) One illness/injury they’ve suffered
10) One dream/nightmare:
11) One favourite food:
12) One favourite colour:
13) One pet peeve:
14) One time they cried:
15) One reason they know/love you:

3. PICTURE PROMPT: Queue

- Just a reminder, that in relation to THIS POST, there will now be three prompts weekly.


1. Write a list of what you think are all your good qualities, then weigh it with a list of what you think are your bad qualities

2. Write a letter to your significant other/most important person in your life and tell them about one time you spent with them you will never forget

3. PICTURE PROMPT (slightly NSFW): The joys of kilts *


* Prompt #3 is in honour of our members Dr Lachlan Campbell and Dr Tara Brennan who officially (and finally) tie the knot a week today on May 10th!

1. Write your wedding vows (your muse doesn’t have to be getting married, just what they would write if they have to).

2. You’re asked to write a speech about someone you know really well, what’s your opening line and what do you say?

3. Write a letter to yourself to give yourself a pep talk for something you’re apprehensive about doing.

4. Picture prompt: furry handcuffs

5. Postcard prompt: Sydney Harbour

6. Write a professional document which is related to your work (ie, law enforcement could be case notes, medical could be patient records, lawyer could be a legal brief, a criminal could be a ransom note, a hot dog seller could be a stock list, a sports person could be sporting strategies, etc. etc. etc.)

7. Write a jingle for yourself (bonus points if you get it stuck in everyone’s head).

8. Write a slogan for five people on your f-list.

9. Write a list of ten reasons why you hate a person, a place or a food.

10. Write a list of instructions on how to do or work something

1. You want to try your hand at erotic writing, pen a few paragraphs of your raunchy novel (this can be genuine, humorous, crack, sensual, porn – anything goes! Your muse might even like him or her as the main character)

2. Write a diary entry, but this time relay a memory of your past

3. A birth, death, engagement or wedding announcement in a paper

4. You’re throwing a dinner party, write the menu

5. Something has been weighing on your conscience; write it down to get it out of your head

6. You’ve won an award; write your acceptance speech (the award can be something your muse has won, or just a made up award of your choosing)

7. Draw yourself (digitally, or on paper and scan it for us to see)

8. You receive a letter from someone telling you they’re thinking about committing a crime. Respond to it.

9. Write a creative description of one person on your friends list, but don’t say who it is – let the guessing games begin! (The person doesn’t need to be a member of muse_pens)

10. Make a list of things you need to do this month

1) For singles: Write a list of all the attributes you want in a perfect lover (can be absolutely anything, no matter how far-fetched)

2) For attached: Write a list of all the things you adore about your lover (can even be things that might irritate you about them but you still love)

3) You are only allowed to ever write one letter ever again. Who is it to and what does it say?

4) Picture prompt: Message in a bottle

5) Picture prompt: Overflowing inbox

6) Postcard prompt: New York by night

7) Write a letter to someone you hate (the recipient can be named or anon, it’s up to you)

8) You’re doodling, what do you draw? (You can actually draw it and scan it, use MS Paint, Photoshop, whatever you choose!)

9) Write a schedule or inventory for something – anything!

10) Graffiti (Make of the prompt as you like!)

Your character tag will become active upon tagging your first entry to muse_pens.

Alicia Sullivan | original character: alicia sullivan
Artie Jackson | original character: artie jackson
Betty Suarez | ugly betty: betty suarez
Burton "Gus" Guster | psych: burton guster
Clow Reed | card captor sakura: clow reed
Dean Winchester | supernatural: dean winchester
Dr. Allison Cameron | house: allison cameron
Dr. Gregory House | house: gregory house
Dr. James Wilson | house: james wilson
Dr. Lachlan Campbell | house: lachlan campbell
Dr. Luka Kovac | er: luka kovac
Dr. Riley Browne | house: riley browne
Dr. Robert Chase | house: robert chase
Dr. Tara Brennan | house: tara brennan
Dr. Tara Todd | criminal minds: tara todd
Dev Quinn: | original character: dev quinn
Donna Noble: | dr who: donna noble
Draco Malfoy | harry potter: draco malfoy
Elle Bishop | heroes: elle bishop
Ianto Jones | torchwood: ianto jones
Isabel Owens | original character: isabel owens
James Campbell | original character: james campbell
Joe Lawrence | original character: joe lawrence
John Connor | terminator: john connor
John Hammond | jurassic park: john hammond
John Munch | law and order svu: john munch
Juno MacGuff | juno: juno macguff
Gavin Elliot | the office: gavin elliot
Kent Taylor | original character: kent taylor
Lara Raith | dresden files: lara raith
Logan Echolls | veronica mars: logan echolls
Logan "Wolverine" | xmen: wolverine
Marie "Rogue" D'Ancanto | xmen: marie rogue
Mortie Davis: | pretty dead girl: mortie davis
Nymphadora Tonks | harry potter: nymphadora tonks
Oliver Benjamin Gains | original character: oliver benjamin gains
Pansy Parkinson | harry potter: pansy parkinson
Pepper Potts | iron man: pepper potts
Randy Bosch | original character: randy bosch
Remy LeBeau | xmen: remy lebeau
Renfield Turnbull | due south: renfield turnbull
Rian Baxter | original character: rian baxter
Ryan Wolfe | csi miami: ryan wolfe
Sam Winchester | supernatural: sam winchester
Sayid Jarrah: | lost: sayid jarrah
Shawn Randal | original character: shawn randal
Shawn Spencer | psych: shawn spencer
Snake Plissken | escape from ny: snake plissken
Tabitha Browne | origina character: tabitha browne
Xander Harris | buffy: xander harris

1) Write a letter to someone confessing a secret you've kept from them.

2) Write a personal ad for your muse containing the words feather, massive and Cheerios.

3) Write your pet (real or imaginary) an obiturary

4) Write a list of recipes you like to cook

5) Picture Prompt: Fly Spray

6) Picture Prompt: Full Fridge

7) Postcard Prompt: Cruise Ship

8) You're sick and decide you're dying (even if it's just a cold). Write your last wishes down for your loved ones.

9) Write a love letter to s secret crush (you can keep the recipient anon if you prefer)

10) You've taken an important telephone message that must be passed on. What is it?

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