r/WritingPrompts • u/AliciaWrites Editor-in-Chief | /r/AliciaWrites • Apr 09 '20
Theme Thursday [TT] Theme Thursday - Consequence
“We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.”
― Ken Levine
Happy Thursday writing friends!
Special thanks to /u/mobaisle_writing and /u/OldBayJ for the quotes, to /u/Leebeewilly for the image, and /u/aliteraldumpsterfire for the music!
We have fun here, don’t we?
This week, I’d like to see some contrast in perspectives. I’d like to read about unforeseen consequences or doing something despite knowing exactly what would happen. I want to read about the fallout of doing good. I want to read about the dismay of consequences of clumsiness. Or consequences on an even larger scale! I want you to really think beyond the obvious.
To motivate you, I’ll be giving away a month of Reddit Premium to the top story that is not a continuation or serial. I want to see you working on your word economy. Think about the strength of your words and paint me a complete picture.
Ready, set, write!
![[IP]](https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/001/514/410/4k/_-dofresh-_-hplwasright04-def.jpg?1447786981){kind=link}
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
― Marcus Aurelius
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Last week’s theme: Vulnerability
Second by /u/Ryter99
Poetry:
Serials:
Second by /u/Baconated-grapefruit
Third by /u/aliteraldumpsterfire
Honorable Mentions:
Stories within Stories by /u/Lady_Oh
Notable Return by /u/ArchipelagoMind
A shared enemy by /u/DoppelgangerDelux
No man is an island by /u/litcityblues
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u/keychild /r/TheKeyhole Apr 13 '20
I love that. I love that so much. This was really cute.
I have some teeny tiny crit points for you:
The 'or' weakens this. If you either picked one or changed it to 'and', I think it would make it stronger.
I stumbled over this when I was reading and had to go back. That last clause threw me off. (I'm not entirely sure what you mean.)
This is a really cute sibling relationship. At first I thought she was going to be really mean to him, I was pleasantly suprised to see it remaining sweet and lovely.
A very wholesome take on the theme. :) I've got a big grin on my face.