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January Writing Prompts —Kenny Kraken’s New Year’s Resolutions

Will Kenny be able to change the world, or is he doomed to be a force of destruction?

It is that time of the year, landlubbers!

Many of you made new year’s resolutions. Go to the gym. Stop smoking. Fix the glitches in Medium’s user interface. Stop ripping off writers by messing with the algorithm. Stop bloody procrastinating your writing!

I’m sorry to break it to you. Most of those new year’s resolutions will fail. That is the downside of fuzzy, ill-defined goals. Please don’t feel too bad about it. Someone got it worse.

Here comes Kenny, the cuddly Kraken. He had had enough of his people’s bad rep. The Great Chtulhu looks like a frog with a Kraken’s bum where his mouth should be and wants to destroy all of existence. Hello?! Have you ever heard of isolated cases?

The great Kraken from Norse mythology, you say? He was just an over-achieving environmental activist. Pinky promise!

So you don’t believe me and say the Norse Kraken and the Great Old One with the Kraken for a kisser are already two evil cases? Ha! Two cases don’t make for a good statistic!

What?! There’s Marvel’s Hydra? La-la-la! I don’t hear you!

Let’s return to Kenny. Did I mention he is cuddly? No, he is not the dude from Southpark! Kenny made a promise for 2023: no more evil Kraken business. He decided to go out into the world and right those wrongs.

Prompt №1 — Feed (on) the Innocent

Giant Kraken world devourers are yesterday’s news! Here comes Kenny trying to end world hunger. What could go wrong?

Prompt №2 — B(e)acon of Hope(lessness)

When the great Kraken rises from the sea, all hope is lost. It doesn’t have to be that way. Tell us how Kenny restores hope in the world … and probably fails epically on the way.

Prompt №3 — Dreams of Peace (or in Pieces)

It is time to rebrand the Kraken image to a symbol of love and peace. Can Kenny achieve it, or will all his efforts be doomed to fall apart?

A few things to consider:

1. Feel free to use these prompts to inspire your writing and consider publishing your story in The Kraken Lore.

2. Please use the tag “The Kraken Lore” so the Kraken Crew (and our editors!) can easily find them.

3. Challenge your fellow writers if you like! How does that work? Like this example: I challenge my fellow TKL editors Bradan Writes Stories, Rayne Sanning, and Jonathon Sawyer. Because I can’t get enough, I challenge JF Danskin, Kathy K, and Zane Dickens the Instigator.

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