Abandoned places have their own stories, buried under years of dust, decay, and possible overgrown plantlife. As prompts, abandoned buildings provide valuable exercise: your writing must be the shovel to uncover those old, forgotten stories. For exercise this weekend, and to get into that creepy Halloween mood, try some of these photo prompts:
A House and Its Car
An old house with an old car doesn't seem so unusual on its own until you consider the fact that most people take their cars with them when leaving their home. Even in emergencies, people tend to use their cars as fast transportation, as opposed to the slower transportation of their feet.
The Old Fortune-Teller
Was it a machine? A person? Who sits behind the glass waiting to answer your questions about life, the universe, and everything? More importantly, what would happen if you slipped a few dollar bills through the pay slot? Even now, with years of decay and age, would you still get your fortune told?
The Glasshouse
Somehow, over years and years, every single glass pane on this glasshouse is magnificently intact. Vandals have kept their distance from this particular abandoned building, saving their graffiti talents for some nearby abandoned farm instead.
The Train Without Tracks
So many questions spring to mind when you see a train in the middle of nowhere with no track and hardly any full standing carriages. One train on its own, randomly abandoned, could be enough for almost any type of story; luckily, there's even more to the real story, which you can check out
here.
Door at the Bottom of the Stairs
Not only does this building have really cool stairs, it also has some fascinating points of electricity, resembling the kind we see in shows about the 1920s - the fuse-box by the door and the switches on the first landing of the stairs. Also, is that a hallway between those doors? Or just some sort of double door system?
The Water Tower Home
Once held water, now holds furniture. Why isn't it a water tower anymore? Who could possibly live here? Does anyone know they live there? The possibilities are endless - and, if you squint hard enough, you might find some clues through the windows.
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