50 situation prompts for OC characterisation or writing practice
a lot of characters react differently to certain situations, so i’d thought i’d make a list of prompts to practice! you could also just use these as regular prompts for writing/drawing practice
firstly, relationship ideas (for when i use the word “someone”): > family/partner > best/closest friend > friend > acquaintance/friend of a friend > stranger > enemy
feel free to make some edits to the prompts if they don’t quite work (e.g. your character is non-human)
what would your character do if…
1. your character gets stuck in a small space with someone they hate 2. your character sees someone stealing something 3. your character is captured 4. your character captures someone 5. your character sees a person/group of people bullying/harassing/picking on someone 6. someone breaks into your character’s house 7. someone asks your character for money, food, etc 8. someone insults your character 9. someone attacks your character 10. someone attempts to kill your character 11. your character gets lost a. with someone b. alone 12. your character sleeps in (and misses/is late for something) 13. your character wakes up as someone else 14. your character wakes up in a different place entirely 15. your character wakes up with the ability to fly (or some other magic/power) 16. your character catches someone cheating on them/someone else 17. your character kills someone a. by accident b. on purpose 18. your character sees someone else kill someone 19. your character gets stranded/trapped somewhere a. with someone b. alone 20. your character is standing at the edge of a cliff and there’s someone in their way to safety 21. your character is caught doing the wrong thing 22. your character is being chased down by someone 23. your character realises they’re dead 24. your character runs into their ex 25. your character finds out they’ve won the lottery 26. your character finds out someone they know has died 27. your character tells someone else a secret/opens up 28. your character shares someone else’s secret 29. someone shares your character’s secret 30. your character finds a lost child 31. your character has to work together with someone else 32. your character is rejected (in any way, not just romantically) 33. your character finds out they’ve been lied to their whole life 34. your character has a fight (verbal or physical) with someone 35. your character sees a fight that’s getting out of hand 36. your character eats something poisonous a. and they’re with someone b. and they’re alone 37. someone asks your character for a favour 38. someone lets their emotion out on your character 39. your character realises someone is lying a. to them b. to someone else c. to a group of people 40. your character is accused of lying 41. your character does something drastic/put themselves in a dangerous situation a. and it works b. and it fails 42. your character is in the position to kill one person and have protection/won’t face the consequences 43. your character is betrayed/find out someone they trusted is working for the enemy 44. your character is told they’re apart of a prophecy a. and it says they’ll be a hero/do something amazing b. and it says they’ll be a villain/a danger to society 45. your character has to do the trolley problem 46. someone threatens to reveal your character’s biggest secret/attempts to blackmail your character 47. your character is kicked out of their house 48. your character is granted one wish 49. your character finds out they’re related to royalty (by blood) 50. someone tells your character they love them


















