1-MINUTE PROMPT:
Pull out your pocketbook, wallet, briefcase, or book bag. Without looking, reach in and take one item from it. Imagine this item was left behind at the place where a missing person was last seen. Compose the inner monologue of someone who finds this item at the scene of the disappearance.
5-MINUTE PROMPT:
Choose three random items from inside your pocketbook, wallet, briefcase, or book bag. These three items have been unearthed in a time capsule. Who buried this capsule and what were they trying to tell the world about themselves?
10-MINUTE PROMPT:
Your character has been summoned to a lawyer’s office to be told he’s the sole inheritor of an unknown relative’s estate. His inheritance consists entirely of the contents of your briefcase, pocketbook, wallet, or book bag. Write the dialogue between your character and the probate lawyer as they look through this random assortment of items.
20-MINUTE PROMPT:
You’re on a camping trip with a group of scouts. As scout leader it’s practically mandatory for you to tell a spooky story to the kids gathered around the campfire. Create a suspense-filled tall tale about something unusual that lives in the woods. Be sure to feature items found in your pocketbook, wallet, briefcase, or book bag in the story.