July 2015 Camp NaNoWriMo Prompts for Week 3

I am way behind, but here they are. @NaNoWordSprints prompts from week 3:

July 15, 8:00am-11:00am (UTC -8)
List Idioms

• Waiting list (10 min)
• Shopping list (30 min)
• Sucker list (10 min)
• Wish list (30 min)
• Hit list (15 min)
• Blacklist (30 min)
• Laundry list (5 min)
• Bucket list (10 min)

July 15, 12:30pm-3:30pm (UTC -8)
Fireworks Effects, Part 2

• Horsetail (30 min)
• Waterfall (30 min)
• Time rain (30 min)
• Multi-break shells (30 min)
• Fish (15 min)
• Salute (15 min)

July 15, 7:30pm-9:30pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 6

• Eihwaz: yew tree (10 min)
• Perdhro: uncertainty (30 min)
• Gebo: gold, silver, red (30 min)
• Wunjo: joy (10 min)
• Hagalaz: constricting situation (15 min)

July 16, 9:00am-12:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 7

• Naudhiz: black (10 min)
• Isa: ice (20 min)
• Jera: cycle (30 min)
• Eihwaz: white, green (10 min)
• Perdhro: dice cup (20 min)
• Elhaz: great restraint, defense, protection (30 min)
• Sowulo: sun (15 min)

July 16, 1:00pm-4:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 8

• Teiwaz: green, red (30 min)
• Berkana: new beginning (30 min)
• Ehwaz: horse (30 min)
• Mannaz: blue, purple (30 min)
• Laguz: go with the flow (30 min)

July 16, 4:00pm-5:00pm (UTC -8)
Infomercial Sprints

• Character discovers a secret that disrupts their lives (10 min)
• New development (20 min)
• Hurricane (10 min)

July 16, 5:00pm-6:00pm (UTC -8)
Meow Sprints, Part 3

• Catastrophe (10 min)
• Catamaran (10 min)
• Catalysis (15 min)

July 16, 9:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 9

• Inguz: fertility (5 min)
• Othala: wealth that cannot be sold (30 min)
• Wyrd: fate (20 min)
• Elhaz: elk (10 min)
• Teiwaz: success (10 min)
• Berkana: birch tree (30 min)
• Ehwaz: red, white (10 min)
• Mannaz: gain the upper hand (20 min)

July 17, 9:15am-12:15pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 10

• Laguz: water, lake (10 min)
• Dagaz: stability between opposites (30 min)
• Othala: home, ancestral land (10 min)
• Elhaz: black, purple (30 min)
• Sowulo: see things more clearly (10 min)
• Teiwaz: creator (30 min)
• Ehwaz: natural flow, good intentions (10 min)
• Mannaz: being human (10 min)

July 17, 4:15pm-7:15pm (UTC -8)
Leftover Sprints, Part 2

• Black, white, green (15 min)
• Protect the home (15 min)
• Day (15 min)
• Copper, brown (15 min)
• Mine (15 min)
• Bengal fire (15 min)
• Roman candle (15 min)
• Cake (15 min)
• Lark, daybreak (15 min)
• Pelican, afterlife (15 min)
• Owl, sorcery, evil (15 min)
• Hummingbird (15 min)

July 17, 9:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Xena: Warrior Princess Quotes

• “Feeling any better?”/”No, but I’ve gotten used to being miserable.” (10 min)
• “Looking for the man of your dreams?”/”Yep. You’re not him.” (20 min)
• “What’s wrong with you?”/”Nothing that a good workout won’t cure.” (30 min)
• “It’s very strange. In every story you tell me, this thing I’m wearing gets smaller. Is it enchanted?” (10 min)
• “You tricked us!”/”You pronounced him dead yourself. Nothing says he has to stay dead.” (20 min)
• “You’re not going to kill me, are you?”/”Why ever not?”/”Because I love you. Yeah, I love you.” (30 min)
• “I can’t believe you’re awake, much less listening to me.” (20 min)

July 18, 9:00am-12:00pm (UTC -8)
Salvador Dali, Part 2

• Morphological echo (30 min)
• Apparition of face and fruit dish on a beach (30 min)
• Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before awakening (30 min)
• The disintegration of the persistence of memory (30 min)
• Still life moving fast (30 min)

July 18, 3:30pm-6:30pm (UTC -8)
More Soundtracks

• North by northwest (10 min)
• Vertigo (20 min)
• A fistful of dollars (30 min)
• A summer place (10 min)
• Awaken (20 min)
• Love remembered (30 min)
• Touch of evil (10 min)
• Master and commander (10 min)

July 19, 9:30am-12:00pm (UTC -8)
Quotes from Guardians of the Galaxy

• “Okay, I’m gonna be totally honest with you…I forgot you were here.” (10 min)
• “I am going to die, surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy.” (15 min)
• “Ain’t no thing like me, except me!” (30 min)
• “Nothing goes over my head! My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.” (5 min)
• “Your sources say that she meant to betray us the whole time!” (10 min)
• “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting.” (20 min)
• “I didn’t ask to be torn apart and put back together over and over and turned into some little monster!” (10 min)
• “I don’t even believe you have a plan.” (5 min)

July 19, 2:00pm-5:00pm (UTC -8)
Quotes from The Kingsmen

• Manners maketh man. (10 min)
• Don’t be ridiculous. It’s a hand grenade. (20 min)
• You are about to embark on the most dangerous job interview in the world. (30 min)
• Sounds like a lot of people are going to die. (10 min)
• Felt sorry for the boy, did you? He will find this humiliating. (20 min)
• If you get blood on the carpet, you have to take the carpet up! Can’t stand the sight of blood. (30 min)
• If you’re prepared to adapt and learn, you can transform. (15 min)

July 19, 6:00pm-9:00pm (UTC -8)
Gone to the Dogs

• Dessert (10 min)
• Crash helmet (20 min)
• Swimming (30 min)
• Wanton destruction (10 min)
• Fighting (20 min)
• Temptation (30 min)
• Stacked (20 min)

July 19, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Ice Cream Flavors

• Cookies and cream (10 min)
• Rocky road (20 min)
• Blue moon (30 min)
• Half baked (10 min)
• Chocolate therapy (20 min)

July 20, 8:45am-12:15pm (UTC -8)
Tarot, Part 1

• The Fool: the spark that sets everything else into motion (30 min)
• The Magician: he knows how he must do it, and why he must do it (30 min)
• The High Priestess: the effects of the mysterious in our every day world (30 min)
• The Empress: all the pleasure of the senses (30 min)
• The Emperor: the command of the spoken or written word (30 min)
• The Heirophant: a person who holds forbidden or secret knowledge (30 min)

July 20, 5:00pm-8:00pm (UTC -8)
Tarot, Part 2

• The Lovers: the necessity of proper choice (30 min)
• The Chariot: emotional control (30 min)
• Strength: fortitude of character (30 min)
• The Hermit: isolation and withdrawal from the world (30 min)
• The Wheel of Fortune: destiny seems to strike without warning (30 min)

July 20, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Tarot, Part 3

• Justice: punishment for those who have wronged (10 min)
• The Hanged Man: in his vulnerability he has found strength (20 min)
• Death: a transition to the next level (30 min)
• Temperance: moderation and balance (10 min)
• The Devil: everything turns upside-down (10 min)
• The Tower: do not place your faith in illusions of security (15 min)

July 21, 8:45am-1:00pm (UTC -8)
Chvrches Songs

• The mother we share (30 min)
• Recover (10 min)
• Gun (30 min)
• Lies (20 min)
• We sink (10 min)
• Under the tide (30 min)
• Get away (20 min)
• Tether (20 min)
• Leave a trace (30 min)
• Every open eye (5 min)

July 21, 4:00pm-5:00pm (UTC -8)
Meow Sprints, Part 4

• Boxes (10 min)
• Ceiling (10 min)
• World domination (20 min)

July 21, 9:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Tarot, Part 4

• The Star: a beacon of hope and inspiration (10 min)
• The Moon: susceptible to illusions and deception (20 min)
• The Sun: peace and good times after ordeals (10 min)
• Judgement: cleansed and restored (30 min)
• The World: one is many, many are one (15 min)
• Ace of Cups: the first stirrings of passion, joy and insight (10 min)
• Two of Cups: harmonious union (30 min)
• Three of Cups: sad times become a little less sad (15 min)

July 2015 Camp NaNoWriMo Prompts for Week 2

Sorry I’m late with this. Without further ado, all the @NaNoWordSprints prompts from week 2:

July 8, 8:45am-1:00pm (UTC -8)
Based on the Egyptian Calendar, Part 2

• Genius of wind (15 min)
• Satisfied (30 min)
• Nourishment and harvest (15 min)
• Moon (30 min)
• Valley festival (20 min)
• Low water (10 min)
• Birth of the sun (10 min)
• Wandering (25 min)
• Reformed (20 min)
• Five extra days (30 min)

July 8, 4:00pm-6:00pm (UTC -8)
Birds as Symbolism

• Dove: love, peace, messengers (10 min)
• Nightingale: poetry, song (15 min)
• Phoenix: regeneration, rebirth (30 min)
• Falcon: manliness (10 min)
• Crane: happiness, eternal youth (10 min)
• Raven: ill omen, death (10 min)

July 8, 8:00pm-9:00pm (UTC -8)
Meow Sprints, Part 1

• Tuna (10 min)
• Yarn (10 min)
• Sleeping (20 min)

July 9, 10:00am-2:00pm (UTC -8)
Based on Headlines from the June 19, 2015 Issue of Science

• Pumped up to rumble (10 min)
• Last dance (20 min)
• Do it for love (30 min)
• Tasty (10 min)
• Invisible (20 min)
• On the move (30 min)
• Rain (10 min)
• A buzz in the meadow (20 min)
• When the hunter becomes the hunted (30 min)
• Seal the envelope (10 min)

July 9, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Random Wikipedia Articles

• Photo division (10 min)
• The evergreens (20 min)
• Fruit slice (30 min)
• Miss Jealousy (10 min)
• Pursuit of the deadly diamonds (20 min)
• Polish dance club singles chart (30 min)
• Banana boat (10 min)
• Golden down (20 min)
• Eyes of a woman (30 min)
• UFO sightings in Sweden (10 min)

July 10, 12:15pm-4:15pm (UTC -8)
Based on Headlines from the July 10, 2015 Issue of Science

• Targeting copper (10 min)
• One man’s odyssey (20 min)
• Deep sleep (30 min)
• Rolling out the welcome mat (10 min)
• Getting noticed is half the battle (20 min)
• Meeting of the minds (30 min)
• Beachcomber’s delight (10 min)
• The safety dance (20 min)
• A fancy new coat (30 min)
• Bound and mobile (10 min)

July 10, 7:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Leftover Prompts, Part 1

• The harder to get, the better to have (10 min)
• Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor (30 min)
• No knot unties itself (30 min)
• Like shooting fish in a barrel (10 min)
• Big fish in a small pond (15 min)
• Cold fish (10 min)
• Cabaret scene (10 min)
• Power of positivity (20 min)
• Three seasons (30 min)
• Haircut (30 min)
• Crossette (30 min)
• Spider (15 min)

July 11, 10:00am-1:00pm (UTC -8)
Gemstone Metaphors and Associations, Part 1

• Garnet, pomegranate (10 min)
• Amythest, sobriety, temperance (30 min)
• Pearls before swine (30 min)
• Pearl of wisdom (30 min)
• Bloodstone, centering, abundance (30 min)
• Jasper, slow, constant, nurturer (20 min)

July 11, 2:00pm-5:00pm (UTC -8)
Gemstone Metaphors and Associations, Part 2

• Aquamarine, sea, mirror, hidden meanings (10 min)
• Diamond in the rough (30 min)
• Sapphire, wisdom, royalty, divine favor, prophecy (30 min)
• Emerald, renewal, growth (30 min)
• Agate, protection, strength, harmony (30 min)
• Cat’s eye (20 min)

July 11, 7:00pm-9:00pm (UTC -8)
Gemstone Metaphors and Associations, Part 3

• Turquoise, nobility, immortality (10 min)
• Moonstone, inward journey, soul left behind (10 min)
• Onyx, release negativity, confidence (10 min)
• Red as a ruby (10 min)
• Carnelian, motivation, endurance, leadership, courage (10 min)
• Topaz, success, good fortune (10 min)
• Peridot, love charm (10 min)
• Tourmaline, healing, vitality (10 min)
• Opal, inspiration, spontaneity (10 min)
• Coral, meditation, art objects (10 min)
• Lapis lazuli, truthfulness, inner power, organization (10 min)
• Malachite, transformation (10 min)

July 11, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Famous Movie Quotes

• “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” (10 min)
• “Get busy living, or get busy dying.” (10 min)
• “Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!” (30 min)
• “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (10 min)
• “I see dead people.” (30 min)
• “To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!” (5 min)

July 12, 9:00am-12:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 1

• Fehu: power and control (10 min)
• Uruz: wild ox (20 min)
• Thurisaz: white (30 min)
• Ansuz: stability and order (10 min)
• Raidho: wheel, cartwheel (20 min)
• Kenaz: yellow (30 min)
• Fehu: cattle (10 min)
• Uruz: orange, dark green (10 min)

July 12, 2:00pm-5:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 2

• Thurisaz: resist unwanted conflict (10 min)
• Ansuz: mouth, divine breath (30 min)
• Raidho: blue, black (30 min)
• Kenaz: knowledge, understanding (30 min)
• Fehu: green, brown (30 min)
• Uruz: personal success and healing (10 min)

July 12, 6:00pm-9:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 3

• Thurisaz: thorn, giant (10 min)
• Ansuz: purple (20 min)
• Raidho: in the right place at the right time (30 min)
• Kenaz: torch (10 min)
• Gebo: honor and connection (20 min)
• Wunjo: pink, blue (30 min)
• Hagalaz: hailstorm (20 min)

July 12, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Romantic Soundtracks

• The wonder of life (10 min)
• Proud and pretty (20 min)
• The letterbox (30 min)
• The theft (10 min)
• The beginning of the partnership (10 min)
• My father’s favorite (10 min)

July 13, 9:00pm-10:30pm (UTC -8)
Meow Sprints, Part 2

• Invisible enemies (15 min)
• Caterwauling (20 min)
• Toying with something (15 min)
• Chicken dinner (20 min)

July 14, 12:00pm-2:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 4

• Naudhiz: need or want something (10 min)
• Isa: brown, black (5 min)
• Jera: harvest (5 min)
• Eihwaz: magical protector or facilitator (30 min)
• Perdhro: blue, red (20 min)
• Gebo: gift (20 min)

July 14, 7:00pm-9:00pm (UTC -8)
Rune Meanings and Associations, Part 5

• Wunjo: balance (10 min)
• Hagalaz: blue, white (20 min)
• Naudhiz: necessity (30 min)
• Isa: halt in activity until change is made (10 min)
• Jera: brown (20 min)

 

 

July 2015 Camp NaNoWriMo Prompts for Week 1

 

Progress on Camp NaNo so far? Very slow. I’m behind as usual, but I’m trying to catch up.

Anyways, here are the first week’s worth of prompts on @NaNoWordSprints:

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June 30, 7:00am-9:30am (UTC -8)
Fire Idioms

• Starting a fire (10 min)
• Getting fired up (10 min)
• There’s no smoke without a fire (10 min)
• Too many irons in the fire (20 min)
• Breathing fire (30 min)
• Fire extinguisher (30 min)

June 30, 12:00pm-3:00pm (UTC -8)
Camping and Bear Idioms

• Foot in both camps (10 min)
• Camp out (10 min)
• Pitch camp (20 min)
• In the boondocks (10 min)
• Bear a grudge (10 min)
• Grin and bear it (30 min)
• Hungry as a bear (20 min)
• Bear the brunt (10 min)
• Bear witness to (10 min)

July 1, 12:00am-2:00am (UTC -8)
The History of the Marshmallow, Part 1

• Marshmallow (10 min)
• Medicine (20 min)
• Rose water (30 min)
• Gladiators/fighting (30 min)
• Extrusion (5 min)

July 1, 12:00pm-2:00pm (UTC -8)
The History of the Marshmallow, Part 2

• Toasted (10 min)
• Root (15 min)
• Delayed gratification (20 min)
• Monster (30 min)
• Crispy (15 min)

July 2, 11:00am-3:00pm (UTC -8)
Fearsome Critters

• Hidebehind/why people never return (10 min)
• Treesqueak/strange noises (20 min)
• Mangrove killifish/nesting in trees (30 min)
• Fillyloo/upside down (10 min)
• Teakettler/tea kettle sounds (20 min)
• Snallygaster/quick spirit (15 min)
• Squonk/melancholy (10 min)
• Drop bear/surprise (30 min)
• Fur-bearing trout/fur (10 min)
• Splintercat/foul mood (10 min)
• Hoop snake/roll like a wheel (15 min)

July 2, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Water and Letter Idioms

• Fish out of water (10 min)
• Keeping your head above water (20 min)
• Still waters run deep (30 min)
• Dead in the water (10 min)
• Watering hole (20 min)
• Muddy the waters (30 min)
• Dash a note off (5 min)
• Dead letter (10 min)
• Red-letter day (15 min)
• To the letter (20 min)
• Crank letter (10 min)

July 4, 8:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Fireworks Effects

• Peony (10 min)
• Brocade (20 min)
• Chrysanthemum (30 min)
• Strobe (10 min)
• Falling leaf (20 min)
• Dahlia (30 min)
• Willow (5 min)
• Diadem (15 min)
• Palm (30 min)
• Ring (15 min)

July 5, 7:15am-10:00am (UTC -8)
Quotes from “Into the Woods”

• Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup (10 min)
• I buried her in a footprint (30 min)
• I miss my kingdom up in the sky (30 min)
• The prettier the flower, the farther from the path (10 min)
• Oh, my precious calls me (30 min)
• Sometimes the thing you most wish for are not to be touched (10 min)
• Worrying will do you no good (10 min)

July 5, 6:45pm-10:00pm (UTC -8)
Smoke and Fish Idioms

• Smoke out something (10 min)
• Smoke and mirrors (30 min)
• Blowing smoke (10 min)
• Smoke-filled room (30 min)
• Smoke signals (10 min)
• Fine kettle of fish (30 min)
• Fishing for compliments (15 min)
• Have bigger fish to fry (15 min)

July 6, 4:45pm-7:00pm (UTC -8)
Salvador Dali, Part 1

• Large harlequin and small bottle of rum (10 min)
• The basket of bread (20 min)
• Girl with curls (30 min)
• The first days of spring (30 min)
• Lobster telephone (15 min)

July 6, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Rhymes

• Warm up/sun up (10 min)
• Wombat in a hat ready for combat (30 min)
• Sprint/strange hint (30 min)
• Pinch/grinch (10 min)
• Five/go for a drive (10 min)

July 7, 7:45am-10:00am (UTC -8)
Based on the Headlines from the June 18, 2015 Issue of Nature, Part 1

• Risky business (30 min)
• The right climate (30 min)
• Defensive weapons (30 min)
• Made a dish (30 min)

July 7, 12:15pm-3:00pm (UTC -8)
Based on the Headlines from the June 18, 2015 Issue of Nature, Part 2

• Under fire for being unreliable (30 min)
• Reset your brain (30 min)
• Turning point (30 min)
• All alone (30 min)
• Round the bend (30 min)

July 7, 10:00pm-12:00am (UTC -8)
Based on the Egyptian Calendar, Part 1

• Wisdom (10 min)
• Beautiful feast (20 min)
• Beauty and love (30 min)
• Soul upon soul (10 min)
• Midday sun (20 min)