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Writing Prompts as the Seasons Turn

Frosty fiction inspiration

JF Danskin

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The Fiction Writer’s Den

3 min readDec 1, 2023

A woman sits looking at snowy trees — Photo by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash

We featured a call to make your characters squirm in our November prompts.

I always love reading the responses, and there were loads of great ones this month. A big shoutout in particular to Eva MacInnes, who tackled most (or all?) of the prompts! Do keep tagging me if you respond to one.

The ‘awkward gathering’ prompt combined well with Thanksgiving, as can be seen in the stories below by Eva, Scarlet Ibis James 🦩 and myself:

An Unusually Awkward Thanksgiving

Patricia’s boyfriend was either going to sink or swim…

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Strays and The One: A Thanksgiving Story

The boy said, “I invited everyone who did not have holiday plans to join us. Don’t worry, they don’t eat much.”