Happy Birthday
The possibilities are endless. Here are 15 birthday prompts.
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Write a monologue in which a character prepares to take a potion on their birthday so they'll never get older.
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Write a monologue in which a character is on the eve of an important birthday. What is their emotional state and why? What does this specific birthday mean?
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Write a scene in which two parents try to convince their child to come out of their room for their birthday party. Why has the child locked themself in their room? What do the parents do to convince the child? Who wins in the end?
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Write the monologue of the child in the above scenario, as they sit in their room.
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Write a scene between a teen and their parents in which the parents seem to have forgotten the teen's birthday. Re-write this scene in which it’s clear the parents are only messing with the teen.
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Write a monologue in which someone reacts to the truly horrible present their significant other has just given them. Indicate what the present does, looks like, maybe even smells like without coming out and saying what the gift is.
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Write a monologue in which someone freaks out over getting the exact right present for their significant other's birthday.
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Write a monologue in which a twin prepares to do something drastic so they don’t have to share a birthday.
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Write a monologue in which a child expresses how much they hate their birthday because it’s the day they get a cheap, lame card from his absentee parent.
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Write a scene in which three teens work on remembering their fake names and birthdays on their fake ids.
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Write a scene in which two best friends complain about not being invited to the “birthday party of the year.” Why weren’t they invited?
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Write a scene in which one friend is invited to the “birthday party of the year” and the other isn’t.
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Write a scene in which someone actually gets a pony for their birthday and they have no idea what to do with it.
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Write a monologue in which someone lies about his age so he can enlist.
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Write a scene between a pregnant woman in labor and her partner. They both want the baby to be born on January First. The baby has another agenda.