Writing Prompt
When Coincidences Start Happening They Go on Happening
Write About a Coincidence in Your Life Today
“I’ve often noticed that when coincidences start happening they go on happening in the most extraordinary way. I dare say it’s some natural law that we haven’t found out.”
― Agatha Christie
When I think about coincidences, I think about fate or timing or luck. The right thing happening at the right time. Good things.
Running into a friend in a random place or being offered a job just when you need the money. That kind of thing.
Bad things are something else. A curse maybe. A jinx.
But I wonder how random all of those things, the good and the bad, really are. The decisions we make — sometimes years ago — put us in the time and place for a thing to happen.
It all just boggles the mind, really, if you think too hard about it.
Write About a Coincidence in Your Life Today
If you’re a fiction writer: How does coincidence (or curse or jinx) play into your story? Is it really random? Or did your main character make a decision at some point that set that event in motion?
