Welcome, A-Z Blogging Challenge friends. This year, my theme is Prompt-a-day, with fun or thought-provoking writing prompts to use as a story start, warm up, or creativity stretching exercise.Kindness
How someone extended tremendous kindness to me in a time of need.
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Q4U: How might you spin this prompt in an unexpected direction? How about as mystery or war fiction?
I tend to write kindness into my gods. They can also have horrible tempers, but are, for the most part, really out to help people.
ReplyDeleteDiscarded Darlings - Jean Davis, Speculative Fiction Writer, A to Z: Editing Fiction
Glad to hear it, because power without kindness is just scary.
DeleteI have always found kindness in war to be a reminder that there is something in us that can rise above the hate.
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Indeed, the kindness glows bright in such a dark setting. A war story that isn't unrelenting bleakness, but punctuated with glimpses of goodness is truly transforming for readers.
DeleteThanks for the reminder of the use of writing prompts. I write in series, so rarely need prompts but sometimes it's good to break away from the mold! K is for Kindle and KDP as you Build a Better Blog. #AtoZchallenge.
ReplyDeleteWhenever you're in a dry period, working with prompts can be a way to creatively refill. Prompts can also help you come up with new plot ideas and deepen characterization in works-in-progress.
DeleteKindness greases the wheels of life. Without it we'd all be stuck.
ReplyDeleteIt reinforces how very much we need each other, and that no one is alone.
DeleteAs a cozy, this I could see. Usually there's the sidekick who is super supportive of the MC. And kindness could absolutely move the story forward...
ReplyDeleteHaving received kindness from a murder victim would be a huge motivation for the amateur sleuth to seek justice for their lost benefactor, too.
DeleteBe kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle...
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Thanks, Michelle! There's a lot of variety in the collection--my A to Z series gives just a small taste.
DeleteHi Laurel - we need kindness to bloggers too ... let alone real real people around us! Now you've reminded me ... I must out and visit someone in a Nursing Centre ... I do visit regularly - but am due a visit before the weekend is out ... cheers Hilary
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Glad to have inspired you to a kind act today. Hope your visit is a pleasant one.
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