sorry for the super-duper long wait! *sobs* but i hope you have been doing good, better, and great!!
life (work) has been hell and it continues to be, but i have been meaning to get back to writing (and i have, but not for a fandom i expected lol), but i will get back to writing everything else i have so far. :) i just have to push through work!!
These are important things I have learned about writing fiction. I know these things, but sometimes I need a reminder. So I am writing them here, both as a reminder for myself, and as a reminder for all those who, like me, sometimes forget.
Characters must make choices.
Characters should often make bad choices before they make good choices.
Character choices should drive the vast majority of the plot. Characters reacting to having random stuff thrown at them is far less interesting than characters reacting to the stuff they've thrown after it's ricocheted around and comes bouncing back toward them.
If a character refuses to make a choice, there better be consequences for that too, and you better have a damn clear way of showing those consequences to the reader and the character.
Nearly every time I'm struggling with writing something, taking a step back and thinking about these 4 things usually helps get me unstuck.
Sex scene as character study is so good. What is your relationship to your body? What is your relationship to your partner? What lessons have you absorbed from the culture about yourself as a sexual being? How much do you have to trust someone before being comfortable with intimacy? What fears and insecurities come to the fore for you when you take your clothes off? It's so good.
Welcome to Whumpay 2026! Up above you will see the basic prompt list and down below the cut you will see it written out in a list as well the rules and the mini challenges/alternate prompts!
Rules are the same as usual -
You only have to use one prompt of the prompts for each day! But you’re welcome to use multiple if you want to. You can also combine days and it counts for both.
I know the description of the blog says it’s a writing event, but if you want to draw or make other kinds of content, that’s cool too.
Have fun, tag content warnings (such as noncon, graphic violence, etc) and try not to be crushed by the mortifying ordeal of posting your writing.
The mini challenges this year also function as your alternate prompts, you can replace a day with one of them if none of the prompts that day work for you.
This is a pretty chill event so you can start posting whenever but I’ll be reblogging posts made to the #Whumpay2026 tag throughout May.
If you have any questions or need ideas, send an ask!
If you use Ai I’ll hunt you for sport.
and an extra special thanks to everyone who suggested prompts.
MAIN PROMPT LIST:
Day One - Accidentally Hurting A Friend / “Nothing’s wrong, stop asking!.” / PTSD
Day Two - Sole Survivor / “Please don’t leave me.” / Trapped Underground
Day Three - Blackmail / “Don’t make me do this.” / Suicide Attempt
Day four - Stockholm Syndrome / “Stop fighting it.” / Touch Starvation
Day Five - Came Back Wrong / “What have you done to me?” / Body Horror
Day Six - Rescued Too Late / Unable To Speak / Mouth Sewn Shut
Day Seven - Gaslighting / “Why did you lie to me?” / Incest
Day Eight - Chemical Restraint / “It’s for your own good.” / Caretaker Burnout
Day Nine - Excessive Drinking / “You’re going to kill yourself doing this.” / Grief
Day Ten - Hiding An Injury / “It’s not as bad as it looks.” / Reopened Wound
Day Eleven - Protecting An Injury / “Look at me. Deep breaths.” / Internal Bleeding
Day Twelve - Whumper Turned Whumpee / “You thought I wouldn’t notice?” / Trauma Reveal
Day Thirteen - Anger Born Of Worry / “Never do that again.” / Appendicitis
Day Fourteen - Shared Pain / “This is all your fault!” / Broken Ribs
Day Fifteen - Forced To Watch / “No one is coming to save you.” / Waterboarding
Day Sixteen - Crying Wolf / “Why won’t you believe me?” / Hallucinations
Day Seventeen - Self-Defense Killing / “Does it ever get easier?” / Adrenaline Crash
Day Eighteen - Fingers in Wound / “Wait, what are you—don’t—!” / Arterial Bleeding
Day Nineteen - Makeshift Weapon / “Don’t come any closer!” / Backed Into A Corner
Day Twenty - Living Weapon / ‘I know you’re in there somewhere’ Fight / Head Injury
Day Twenty-One - Sadistic Choice / “Please, I’ll do anything…” / Deathbed Confessions
Day Twenty-Two - Feed A Cold, Starve A Fever / “How long have you felt like this?” / Stress-Induced Illness
Day Twenty-Three - Last-Minute Rescue / “Oh god, that’s a lot of blood.” / Loss Of Extremity
Day Twenty-Four - Hurting To Help / “I swear, I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t have to.” / Bone Malunion
Day Twenty-Five - Betrayal / Collapsing In The Middle Of A Sentence / Self-Surgery
Day Twenty-Six - Villain Whumpee / “Why are you doing this to me?” / Contrapasso
Day Twenty-Seven - Mental Breakdown / “I’m sorry, I can’t help it.” / Withdrawal
Day Twenty-Eight -Forced Transformation / “This isn’t what I wanted.” / Dehumanization
Day Twenty-Nine - Field Medicine / Using Real Name For Impact / Barbed Wire
Day Thirty - Enemy To Caretaker / “If anyone touches you, I’ll kill them.” / Failed Escape
Day Thirty-One - Time Loop / “I can’t do this anymore!” / Character Death
MINI CHALLENGE #1 : FIVE DAYS
Day One - Hanahaki Disease
Day Two - “I don’t remember the last time I saw you smile.”
the self made cynic; created with bared teeth and bloodied knuckles. clawed their way out of hell and didn’t come out quite human. every thing about them is a carefully constructed persona - you can’t hurt someone who doesn’t exist, and they will never be hurt again. faithless through and through. the only savior they believe in is themselves.
the bleeding heart, on the other hand is fundamentally incapable of being anything other than themself. they love the way an open wound does. it’s hemorrhagic and contagious. faithful to a fault. they will jump without hesistation, though they’ll hit the ground consumed with guilt.
i haven't written anything in YEARS (just 5 months, actually), and i suddenly have this urge to write about being hired to protect a certain lawyer before the culling games but–
(of course the one being hired is the fire-breathing oc who's just absolutely whipped for him)
and she's flirtyyyy ohmygod she's so flirty because she doesn't know how to act properly asdfghjkl
and they drink gin together (because whisky tastes like shit not sorry)
and they don't fall in love
and they don't make love
idek if they'll even make out but
men and women in suits make me weak and i probably want them to run away to somewhere nice and quiet and peaceful and let judgeman be all judgy and shit
like yeah i love the support and i really badly want to get back to writing again, but wok keeps bludgeoning me with other people's problems apparently only i can solve (when i meant more sidequests in 2026, i didn't think about the annoying npcs)
but it's the fics i didn't expect lol is tokyo revengers s3 airing now? bc wow
turnnoffyourmind
discoholicmusic
romaincrisis
titsay
theartofmadeline
stormborns
kaledo-art
janainaart
gummygunk
dailybridgerton
andulkaphoto
pixelskylines
