In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’ve decided to post a writing prompt.

In Jane Austen’s Emma, Robert Martin writes a marriage proposal to Harriet Smith, Emma’s best minion.  We never get to read the letter itself, but meddling main character Emma critiques it and informs us that it is very well-written: romantic but practical, direct but respectful, and short but powerful- though of course she disapproves.

So, if you’re not too busy eating chocolate, now it’s your turn.  Have one of your characters write a proposal to another character.  Have a dozen different couple combinations!  Have the antagonist propose to the protagonist!  You can have the letter be romantic, funny, sarcastic, innocent, hateful, or totally indifferent.  Most importantly, post the results back to me!

Also, my characters’ love song is Hoobstank’s ‘The Reason’; what’s your characters’ song?  If they don’t have one, find one!