Reckless Centaur at a Rest Stop - Mythology Writing Prompt

A new means a whole new list of writing prompts to pick from for the year! This year, I’ve crafted a list with new places and genres. What makes 2020 special, is the addition of a whole new element to these writing prompts. Character personality!

That’s right, instead of writing a scene that only has a setting and a genre, we’re taking it one step further. Now, we have a character that must fit within the personality type. It doesn’t have to be the main character, but challenge yourself to play with these traits. It will help when you’re writing a story with a different character type then you’re used to writing.

January’s Mythology Writing Prompt:

Genre: Mythology

Setting: Rest Stop

Personality Trait: Reckless

Following the theme of 2019, these writing prompts were randomly generated based off of a list using a random number generator. They may not make any sense, but they are to boost your creativity in ways that you never thought possible before. Remember that time the writing prompt was to write a Western set in a Scrap Yard? It may have been difficult to write, but it made me think outside of the box.

These writing prompts are supposed to help awaken your creativity, which is why I suggest writing them as small scenes. Only 300-500 words. Of course you can write as much or as little as you’d like.

To view the prompts for the year, head on over to my Fiction Writing Tab under Writing. And if you’ve written one of the prompts from this year or from 2019, and you want to share them, please link back to the prompt post you’ve completed or email me at boundtowriting@gmail.com so I can share your story.

A warm Saturday evening in the middle of July right off the side of Interstate 95. Cars pack the parking lot, most families traveling south for their summer vacation destinations. It’s no wonder they want to escape the normality of everyday life to play in the heat of the summer day.

“Adesio, you must wait!” Eidea whisper-shouts in the janitorial closet they share.

Adesio turns his head from the door, but leaves his hand on the doorknob. “Soon the sun will set and all we’ll get is the humid aftermath of a nice day.”

Eidea puts a hand on Adesio’s horse-shaped back. She sighs. “I know you want to go out there, but the humans must not know we’re here. There can be serious implications from Zeus.”

“As if Zeus has a problem messing with the humans.” Adesio belly-laughs, holding onto the door for support.

Eidea rolls her eyes. She moves into the small space between Adesio and the wall. Her eyes meet his. “Stay here until the sun sets. We will find somewhere else to go soon and you will enjoy every summer day you’d like.”

He stamps his hooves into the cold concrete. “Fine.”

Eidea steps back into the room, allowing for some distance between them. But before Adesio releases his hand from the door, he twists the knob until the lock opens.

The sunlight and warm summer air floods the closet in a scent of heat and freshly mowed grass.

“Adesio, don’t go out there!” Eidea shouts, already too late as Adesio is galavanting in the open field across from the rest stop bathrooms.

At first no one notices the half-man half-horse rolling around in the grass. He stands, blades of grass clinging to his fur. That’s when he sees two children staring at him in awe.

“Eidea!” He shouts. He runs toward a small patch of woods that separates the rest stop from the highway.

The kids run toward him. “Horsey” They shout.

Adesio, having no other place to go, positions himself between the thickest of trees.

He hears an older male voice coming towards him. The kids start to cry. Then there is silence.

Adesio peeks from behind the tree to see the man leading the kids away from the woods.

When the sun sets and the stickiness settles in, Adesio decides to make his way back to the closet. As he enters the field, Eidea is standing there.

Before he can talk, she puts a finger up. “I’ve heard of a place that I think you’ll love. Where the sun shines bright and the warmth sticks around longer than here. It’s called Florida. What do you say?”

I love all things mythology, so I really enjoyed taking the time to write this mythology writing prompt scene for you all. I hope you find a spark of creativity with this writing prompt.