The First 50 in 500 Writing Challenge

I grabbed this book and meant to write in it, but handwriting just isn’t for me anymore. Besides, this way, other people can read it. Also, I can access PB on my phone or tablet, instead of carrying the book with me. So. Win-win-win.

Without further ado:

1. While at the beach you decide to write a message in a bottle. What would it say? Who would you like to find it?

2. Name the top ten things on your bucket list.

3. If you wrote a song about your love life, what would the title be? Write the first verse.

4. Name one thing you wish your cell phone did for you that it currently does not.

5. Write ten original thoughts that will be stuffed inside fortune cookies for perfect strangers to read.

6. Create three original screen names and passwords that the Easter Bunny may use when logging in to check his e-mail.

7. Create ten all-new funny scratch and sniff stickers. Describe the image and smell.

8. Plan a “murder mystery” dinner party. Create the dinner menu and the guest list, and design the murder plot.

9. What one rule from your childhood do you not agree with now that you’re an adult?

10. An alien has just abducted you. Give three reasons why it would send you back to earth.

11. If you could indulge in anything without consequence, what would it be?

12. You have to design a cocktail or drink after yourself (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). What ingredients are in it and what will you name it?

13. Name a fictional character or monster you would love to have as a friend. Why do you think they would be a good friend to you?

14. If you found yourself in Oz, what would you do different than Dorothy?

15. Name something you wish had a remote control that currently does not.

16. Talk about your favorite pair of shoes and why you love them so much.

17. Outline a “mission statement” for your life.

18. Do you think dinosaurs and humans could coexist today? What would make that possible or impossible?

19. Create a short cartoon mystery for Scooby Doo and the gang to solve.

20. Finish this sentence: “I would love to jump into a pile of…”

21. Create a new character for the Lord of the Rings series. Write up a brief description of them and how they would change a major event in the story.

22. If you knew it would be published, name someone (alive or dead) whose biography you would love to write. You would have full access to their life.

23. If you were to start a new business right this minute, what would it be? Describe it.

24. Finish this sentence in three alternate and original ways: “When life gives you lemons…”

25. If you could talk to Mother Nature, what would you say?

26. You’re running for President of the United States. What thing(s) from your past could your opposition use against you?

27. Name something you wish a movie theatre would do or sell to enhance you movie-going experience.

28. You’ve just been given a limousine for a day. What will you do?

29. Write a weather forecast for your day tomorrow.

30. You’re interviewing Sherlock Holmes. Create case notes from an unsolved crime and deduce a conclusion.

31. Have you ever taken a walk on the wild side? What was it like?

32. Finish this sentence: “Life is short…”

33. You are planning the dinner party of your dreams and there are eight chairs. You can invite seven other people (anyone still alive). Who will fill the chairs and what will make this dinner interesting?

34. Create a superhero for your current city. What would they fight? Describe their appearance, name and special powers.

35. You have just bought a sailboat, and you have to name it. What would you name your boat? Where is the first place you’d sail to?

36. Do you find skeletons to be interesting or scary?

37. Have you ever written something that made you cry while writing it? What triggered that response?

38. Create four new and original metaphors that apply to your life.

39. Have you ever experienced deja vu? What was it about?

40. Pick one of the following careers: music DJ, sushi chef or firefighter. This will be your job for the next three months. Why did you choose it, and what benefit do you think you will gain from it?

41. Write a “thank you” note by hand to a special person in your life. Thank them for being in your life rather than for something they did.

42. Have you ever been exploring? Where did you go, and what were you looking for? What did you find?

43. What do you consider to be boring?

44. Have you ever had a bad injury or accident? How did you recover, and does it still affect you today?

45. Have you ever pretended to be someone else? Would you?

46. What gives you butterflies in your stomach? Do you like the feeling?

47. Name something simple that brings you joy?

48. Explain lightning to a five-year-old.

49. Name something you stockpile because you’re afraid to go without it.

50. Have you ever felt stuck? What made you feel that way and how did you get “unstuck”?