Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book Prompt 14, Music
On Monday, I shared Prompt 14 from the Big Pink Book, and now I’m back to show you how I used it!
Rather than writing a specific piece for this prompt, I came up with some ideas for story titles, sometimes with additional notes. They’re written somewhat haphazardly across the page, not in any particular order, though sometimes it’s clear that two of them are riffing off each other.
- “Three Chords and the Truth”
- “Three Truths and a Chord” (D# noted beside, which I meant as D minor, but I used the wrong notation. D minor is my favorite chord. Doesn’t everyone have a favorite chord?)
- “A Truth for Every Chord”
- “Punk’s Dead” (not the main genre, just a zombie punk review)
- “Hello, insert city name here!” (Mad Libs/multiple choice format)
- “This Is Our Last Song”
- “What Happens When the Interpreter Has to Cover Two Shows in One Night” (alien language performers)
- “The Unopening Band”
- “A Strongly Worded Petition for Shows That Start Before 8 p.m.”
- “What Your Favorite Song’s Chord Progression Says About You”
At least a couple of these were also inspired by having gone to a concert not too long before I used this prompt. The interpreter title (which might be more of an idea than a title) was inspired by the fact that every time we go to a K-pop girl group concert in the Seattle area, the same woman serves as the translator when the members speak in Korean. I jokingly said to Jeremy, “What happens when there are two girl group concerts on the same night?” “This Is Our Last Song” was also inspired by groups often saying this phrase before the last song of their main set, but everyone knows they’ll be back for an encore.
A lot of these potential titles lend themselves to list-type stories, but they don’t necessarily have to be used for that. I’m not sure which, if any, I’ll wind up using, but it was fun to brainstorm some titles for future use!
How did you use this prompt? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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