Hidden Paths: Prompts (Set 1)

[narya_flame]

Hello Tolkien fans!

It's the 14th somewhere, so here you are - the first set of Hidden Paths prompts for your inspiration and enjoyment. Have fun.

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Thematic Prompt: Romance.

 

Character Based Prompt: Witches and Wizards.

 

Setting Based Prompt: A Midnight Clear.

 

Text Prompt:


“There was also a pleached alley of hornbeams. To the imaginative, it is always something of an adventure to walk down a pleached alley. You enter boldly enough, but soon you find yourself wishing you had stayed outside—it is not air that you are breathing, but silence, the almost palpable silence of trees. And is the only exit that small round hole in the distance? Why, you will never be able to squeeze through that! You must turn back ... too late! The spacious portal by which you entered has in its turn shrunk to a small round hole.”

 

- From Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees

 

Visual Prompt:

 

[Image ID: A photograph of an old-fashioned brass key lying on a pile of brown leaves, twigs, and pine cones. /.End ID]

Audio Prompt: The Little House of Lost Play, by Adele McAllister.

 

(With thanks to Nienna, who brought this lovely arrangement to my attention!)

 

Wildcard Prompt: Close your eyes and pull down a book from your shelf at random. Use the title of the book as inspiration for your fan work.

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Comments

[hhimring]

Beautiful prompts! Is the photo one you took or one you found?

[narya_flame]

It's just a stock image! Although that's a good point, I should probably add a credit even though it's public domain...

[anerea]

Oh, what a very inspiring collection of evocative prompts! I particularly love the quote from Lud-in-the-Mist! And the photo. And The Little House of Lost Play!

I'm giving myself a break from time-limited commitments for a little while and just letting things come as they do, so I'll see if anything comes out before the end of the month but if not I'll let them come when they do. (Your unofficial open-ended run time is very refreshing!)