Prompt The Fifth

The new year is upon us! May this one be productive for the writers of No Occupation.

That being said, here are the prompts for the first cycle of 2011! We're trying something new this time around and going for audio prompts.

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Prompt I by jasonislas

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Prompt II by jasonislas

III
Prompt III by jasonislas

IV
Prompt IV by jasonislas

V

Prompt V by jasonislas

NOTE: The track info has been removed for the sake of minimizing influence on your interpretations of the pieces. If you follow the link beneath each embedded player, you can see the track name and artist.

Prompt The Fourth

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are trying alternating photo prompts with fragments, since it seemed that different people respond to the different styles. Let's see how this goes. The holidays are coming up, but let's try to get one more cycle in before the New Year.

Here you go!

Let's try to get this done by the 23rd. Is everyone comfortable with that?

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I only speak the divinest truth, which others call madness.

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III

You'd be interesting if it weren't for your personality.

IV

Prompt The Third

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are beginning the third cycle. Up to now, we've had a pretty weak showing, even from The Editors.

This cycle, we will try something different. Here are your prompts:

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Please have entries on the blog by Dec. 1!

Prompt The Second

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have arrived at the beginning of our next cycle. Some of you have expressed dissatisfaction with our previous prompts. Please feel free to e-mail no.occupation@gmail.com with ideas. They will be considered. Also, if you find yourself inspired by something else entirely, feel free to follow that. The prompts are just suggestions, not requirements. For this round, your prompts are as follows:

I

"It's good for what ails you. Trust me."

II

"The question concerning Nazism isn't how something like that could happen, but why it doesn't happen more frequently considering our nature."

III

"I'm afraid I can't help you. You see, as a simple matter of principle, I do not make deals with ghosts."

IV

"A bet on the bookie's death wouldn't pay out anyway."

V

"I was younger then. And I took more risks."

Due Nov. 10

Prompt The First

To start things off, we'll do something simple, even if it is potentially dangerous. Here are a couple of options for your first prompt:

1. "It wasn't until that very moment that I finally understood what he had meant by the three uses of a knife."

2. Think of the title of a song-- this is your prompt, but you can't use the title explicitly in your piece.

3. "Have you observed instances of madness in penguins?"

We'll up the ante next time, but for now, this will do. Two weeks from now, try to have your contribution on the blog (Wednesday October 20). Looking forward to seeing what you produce.

Good luck,

The Editors