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Mini Muses Restart prompt 1A

Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no cant in it, no excess of explanation, and it is full of suggestions, the raw material of possible poems and histories.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

This community is on hiatus due to my poor health, it will re-open when I can devote the time to it I feel it deserves.

JD

Due to my current health instability, this Community is being put on Hiatus.

JD

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." A.A. Milne

Max and Tally sat at a corner table as the other kids played. Tally didn't seem to be affected by it, and Max was trying not to act like it bothered him. He kept glancing over his shoulder as the kids played and Tally smacked the table. Max looked at her and raised his hand.

'What?' he asked with a grimace.

Tally ignored the attitude and raised her own hand. 'Go play.'

Max shook his head and frowned as he looked back to the page in front of him. Tally huffed and returned to her own work. Max didn't like the other kids at the school and they didn't like him. He didn't really know why they didn't like him, aside from the fact that he was friends with Tally. Maybe it was because she was the Princess, or because she was deaf.

Or it was because he grew up on a spaceship; didn't talk very well; didn't have the greatest social skills. Maybe it was because his mother was a queen.


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Muse: Max Brooks-Donovan (and Tally)
Fandom: future AU!Tin Man OC
Word Count: 172

mini_muses is a Community geared to muses under 18. I'm cross-posting our prompts to writers_muses in hopes of attracting members, so feel free to pass our link along to any muns of child muses you know. Prompts are done monthly and membership is open, we hope you'll join us.

1. Quotes:

A. “[E]very time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.” James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan

B. “But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep...
" Robert Frost

2. Ficlet: Valentine's Day is a time to acknowledge friends and those you wish were more, write a ficlet describing a special Valentine's day in your Muse's life.

3. Photo Prompts:Pic A., Pic B.

4. Random Words & Ideas Prompts: candy hearts, concerned, construction paper, cookies, chocolate, hungry, lace, patchwork quilt, rabbits, snowboots

5. Mun Prompt: Describe what it was that prompted your decision to bring your muse to "life".

mini_muses is a Community geared to muses under 18. I'm cross-posting our prompts to writers_muses in hopes of attracting members, so feel free to pass our link along to any muns of child muses you know. Prompts are done monthly and membership is open, we hope you'll join us.

1. Quotes:

A. “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” Edith Sitwell

B. “May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
The gladness of Christmas give you hope,
The warmth of Christmas grant you love.
" Author Unknown

2. Ficlet: Holidays are traditionally thought of as a time for families to come together, no matter what their faith, or how they celebrate them. Share one of your muses most cherished holiday memories with us.

3. Photo Prompts: Pic A., Pic B.

4. Random Words & Ideas Prompts: attic, bundle up, buttons, crackling logs, chestnuts, hiccup, homemade soup, making a list, quiet place, snow fort, wet boots, wrapping packages

5. Mun Prompt: This time of year can bring into play the subject of religion and it prompts me to wonder, just how religious is your muse? Do you find that your own religious beliefs are reflected in your child muse or other muses you play? If you play a muse with beliefs different than your own, how much research, if any do you put into learning about the alternative religion?

"Listen, because this is a really scary story even though it doesn't seem that way right away." said Lynn, to her little brother. Mommy had her babysitting today, and she HATED babysitting. It was boring and little kids never seemed to do anything fun.

"Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a isolated castle in a far away land with the Queen and the Queen's evil mother. The princess couldn't stand to be in the castle anymore, so she escaped. She ran and ran and the Queen's evil mother found her and threw her to lions!
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Muse: Lynn Taylor
Fandom: OC
Word Count: 785

mini_muses is a Community geared to muses under 18. I'm cross-posting our prompts to writers_muses in hopes of attracting members, so feel free to pass our link along to any muns of child muses you know. Prompts are done monthly and membership is open, we hope you'll join us.

1. Quotes:

A. “Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” Elizabeth Lawrence

B. “When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween." Author Unknown

2. Ficlet: Halloween is coming, have your muse share their best scary story with us, real or imagined.

3. Photo Prompts: Pic A., Pic B.

4. Random Words & Ideas Prompts: alive, below, cold, fist, hat, grim, jeweled, kitchen, none, quick, rash, territorial, zeal

5. Mun Prompt: Do you have a preferred play for your muse? For example, is he or she best suited for serious story based writing, or does his best voice come from those interactions that spontaneously arise through role-play. If such is the case, do you confine yourself to playing within a specific fandom to achieve this, or are you able to accomplish this no matter who he interacts with? Share some of your experiences with us.

mini_muses is a Community geared to muses under 18. I'm cross-posting our prompts to writers_muses in hopes of attracting members, so feel free to pass our link along to any muns of child muses you know. Prompts are done monthly and membership is open, we hope you'll join us.

1. Quotes:

A. “The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” Wallace Stevens

B. “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." A.A. Milne

2. Ficlet: Summer is a time to get away, whether it be on vacation, or the visits to relatives known and unknown. Share one of your adventures with us.

3. Photo Prompts: Pic A., Pic B.

4. Random Words & Ideas Prompts: able, conditions, dip, eclipse, fickle, harsh, guilty, jawbreaker, mud-pie, pluck, summer camp, vanish

5. Mun Prompt: Talk about the process you go through when developing a new storyline for your child muse. Does the process differ from how you handle one for your adult muses? If so, in what ways?

mini_muses is a Community geared to muses under 18. I'm cross-posting our prompts to writers_muses in hopes of attracting members, so feel free to pass our link along to any muns of child muses you know. Prompts are done monthly and membership is open, we hope you'll join us.

1. Quotes:

A. “Oaths are but words, and words but wind.” Samuel Butler

B. “Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2. Ficlet: Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." ~A.A. Milne Write a ficlet about your muse and his or her best friend.

3. Photo Prompts: Pic A., Pic B.

4. Random Words & Ideas Prompts: balloon animals, broken bone, crickets, going camping, fireworks, hopscotch, sleepover, sunburn, picnic, treasure hunt,

5. Mun Prompt: Describe the influence your muses parents (or other significant adults) have or had on them and how it affects the way you play them. Feel free to give examples of times in their lives that have been particularly important to them with respect to their parts, or other significant adults.