I was amused by this horoscope and thought it could make an interesting writing prompt:
Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Writing in Salon.com, Scott Rosenberg recalled how in his youth he loved to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. “You’d have to choose not one but two ‘alignments’ for your character,” he mused. “Good and evil, of course, but also ‘law’ and ‘chaos.’ And among the people I ran with, ‘chaotic/good’ was the thing to be, because it let you trust other people and still have fun.” Your assignment in the coming week, Virgo, is to adopt the “chaotic/good” approach for the character you will be playing in your actual life.
Your writing prompt Using the “chaotic/good” approach, write a scene with a chaotic good character at a dinner party. Make at least one other character there using the “law/good” approach (or spice things up adding one of the “evil” alignments if you so choose). Notice how the characters play off each other as you go. Does paying attention to specified alignments change how you write? How so?
Have fun!
