1-MINUTE PROMPT:
Splash! Gasp! Using short, efficient sentences, write a tiny theatrical play that ends with one character suddenly throwing a drink in another character’s face.
5-MINUTE PROMPT:
Everything seemed to be going so well at the big family reunion. Next thing you know, someone trips someone else by accident and—Bam!—a brawl ensues. Who are the two characters fighting? How does it get broken up?
10-MINUTE PROMPT:
A pair of horses is tied up outside a saloon. Two pistols are drawn. A clock strikes high noon. These images have all the makings of a classic Western showdown. But this isn’t the American Southwest. It’s not even planet Earth. Write about this duel that takes place elsewhere in the cosmos.
20-MINUTE PROMPT:
Two skydivers jump out of a plane. One of them quickly discovers that her backpack doesn’t contain a parachute, but something else entirely. Write a screenplay scene describing the clash between the skydiver and her antagonist as they tumble toward Earth.