Challenge by: reminiscent-afterthought
There are a few versions of this floating around, so why not one for us as well? Every month or thereabouts, I'll post up a list of thirty writing prompts. Take those and do as many or as few as you like. Feel free to do ones for previous months as well if they tickle your fancy. They're in number order, because we skip months in between when real life gets in the way. The one on this page is always whatever's the newest - so look out for new content and the old ones will be added as sub-pages so just click the little arrow.
The prompts do have a certain pattern to them. :) For exampe, the first day will always be a first line to start your story with. :D
- Start your piece with "The ending is never a good place to start, but in this case..."
- Write a fic that is exactly 5000 words.
- Write a chapbook.
- Write a piece that centres around an ebook reader.
- Include the dialogue: "But why?"
- Include the words: holler, affect, despondent and karma.
- Do not use the letter "p" in your piece.
- Use the phrase "um den heißen Brei herumreden" as a prompt. (note: look up the meaning.)
- Use the quote "But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts." L. M. Montgomery to inspire a piece.
- Include a character writing a letter.
- Write in the comedic horror genre.
- Include an anxious character.
- Look at the blurb/summary for "Contract Pending" by Al Marsiglia. Write a piece inspired by that blurb/summary.
- Listen to/read the lyrics for the song: Dashing Pendulum (M!LK). Write a piece inspired by that.
- Include an aurora in your piece.
- Write an essay about the concept of resource distribution.
- "Cervical cancer can, in theory, be eradicated with the advent of HPV vaccines." Use this fact in your piece.
- Write a piece without using the word "believe".
- Write a monorhyme poem.
- End your piece with "And then, tomorrow, it began again."
- Start and end your piece with the word "he/she".
- Write a piece combining the fantasy and family genres.
- Include the scenario: "two aliens playing "Earth" like a computer game."
- Write a piece where the narrator is microscopic relative to the main setting (think Osmosis Jones if you have trouble XD).
- Write a piece with only dialogue.
- Use the poem: Alone (by Edgar Allen Poe) as a prompt to inspire a piece.
- Include the sentence: "Darkness snuck onto them."
- Write a novella or novel with exactly 42 chapters.
- Write a piece with all words greater than one syllable.
- Give yourself a personal challenge (and post here with your challeng even if you don't post the fill because I want to see them :D)