Despite not getting ANYTHING posted for the first set of prompts I'm gonna give this another shot.

As a reminder to people: this is about using the 3 words to INSPIRE a story, NOT "using the three words supplied IN a story." While the former might potentially mean the latter, they are not by any means the same thing. This week's words:

View
Miss
Loving

A few ways to consider how to use these words as inspiration:

View. To experience. To look at. Are the characters maybe going to a movie? Did the main character grow up near or are they currently in an area or place with a beautiful vista they admire? Perhaps they're on the outside of events looking in, and their perspective is being changed by witnessing experiences they've never personally had? Or maybe you simply write the story from an interesting POV to begin with, like a second-person narrative or with multiple people's experiences of the same events and how that changes their interpretation of what happens?

Miss. This could mean woman. This could mean longing. This could mean poor aim. Or perhaps the first thing that popped into your head is Ol' Miss, and the story takes place on one of America's most relied-upon waterways, or involves the sports team in some way.

Loving. Loving one's self. Loving another, either romantically or platonically. To care for, or to have a caring or empathetic personality. Is it the main character who acts or feels these ways, or is it another? Is it toward the main character or someone else? Perhaps you take the tact of looking at some other words that are related to this one, such as jealousy, desire, loneliness, and how those concepts reflect on the idea of loving or being loved.

Now how can these ideas relate to one another?

Random Inspirations. NOT "random words to use," but things meant to make you think about or present your story idea in a new way. Hence the 500 word requirement.

I usually try to avoid entering my own contests/challenges any more, but maybe I should hop in on this 'un just to try and help people have a point of reference? Leave me a comment letting me know whether you think that would be a good idea.

Melanie E.