I came across these “Twittering Tales” writing prompts yesterday and thought it looked like a lot of fun. The challenge is to take a photo prompt and write a short story, poem, or whatever comes to mind, but you have to keep it under 280 characters, just like a tweet on Twitter. I decided to go ahead and write a twittering tale for last week’s prompt as well as this week’s prompt.
Here is the one I came up with for last week’s prompt (photo from Pixabay):
Hearts and stars. Hearts and stars. Simple shapes that any preschool child could identify, but symbolic of so much more.
The heart…love, obsession, passion, heartwarming, heartbreaking, blood pumping.
The star…cosmic, mysticism, alchemy, popularity, holidays, holy days.
And here is the second prompt (photo also from Pixabay). This one took a bit of a dark turn, but it was what came to mind for some reason:
It starts with one word:
Helium. A harmless word? Parties. Balloons floating around the room. Rough, gruff voices becoming chipmunk squeaks.
Or do you picture tragedy? Helium tanks hooked up to hoses. Bodies lying still with bags over their heads. Voluntary euthanasia. The end.
Let me know if you guys enjoyed these. Maybe I’ll do more!
Maranda Russell 
19 responses to “Twittering Tales Fun”
Very cool idea!
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I thought so! It was fun too.
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I loved both of your tales Maranda! I’m so glad you joined us! I’ll be linking you to the next tale at the Roundup. Hope to see you again! 😊
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Aw, thank you! This was fun.
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They were great reads! 👍
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Thank you!
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Good stories.
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Thanks!
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Welcome
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More. Yes.
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🙂
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Certainly imaginative!
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Fun to play around with!
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Love the idea. You did good and I enjoyed reading both stories.
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Thank you!
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It’s a great idea, Maranda. I think I will try it too. I am snowed in today (again!) so this is a perfect activity with the soup simmers. Hope your neck is feeling better.
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The neck is slowly getting better!
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That was awesome!
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