New Year’s Eve with Your Characters

Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

How would the characters in your current work-in-progress celebrate on New Year’s Eve? Would they attend a small, intimate gathering, go to a huge event like that held in Times Square, or opt for a quiet evening at home? Write a scene in which your characters ring in the New Year.

The Old Made New

Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

You’re allowed to travel back in time to celebrate one year of your life again. You can’t change world events or other people, but you can change yourself, including your choices and behaviors. What year would you go to? Would you change anything, and if so, what would it be?

Party with a Bang!

Use the following writing prompt to inspire you.

You and your friends attend a New Year’s Eve party. As the clock strikes midnight, you hear a loud bang as a dazzling display of fireworks begins. One of the guests stumbles into you, holding his hand over a gunshot wound. He’s mumbling something – is it the killer’s name? What do you do?