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MASTER LIST OF WRITING
Longer works can be found here, but I also post a lot of drabbles/short fic on tumblr that have been abandoned or are too short to make the migration to ao3. The complete list is under the cut and will be updated as new stories are posted
Also, it’s pretty safe to assume everything includes Stricklake unless labeled otherwise. Gabenath and Clato live here, too
(UPDATED 12.03.2025)
By the Numbers - a short fic challenge
Write a fic with 6 puns/references/inside jokes in 7 sentences.
Write about the meaning of life, the universe, or everything in exactly 42 words.
Write a smut scene in 69 words.
Write a fic of 101 words that includes at least one dog.
Write a 10 sentence fic about why one character hates another.
Write a 666-word fic about a dark omen.
Write a fic containing substance use that is 420 words long.
Write a fic that's 404 words long about a character who can't find something.
Write a fic with a three-digit word count (100-999) that contains your AO3 user number.
Write a 314-word fic that contains a mathematical concept.
Write a new backstory in exactly 52 words.
Write a 616-word fic that takes place in our universe (for a fandom that doesn't).
Write a dystopian future!fic that is 2046 words long.
Write a fic about an evil government that is 1984 words long.
Write a fic that is 177 words long and contains the number 76 and a reference to football.
Write a fic about a hacker that is 1337 words long.
Write a fic that is 24 sentences long, formatted in 7 paragraphs, and describes a character's year.
I need to normalize finishing wips from years ago. I have 5+ years old ideas that haunt me.
Underused Microexpressions for Characters Hiding Something
Everyone writes about characters "not meeting Character's gaze." Let’s retire it for a minute.
• A smile that doesn’t reach the eyes • Holding eye contact a beat too long • Laughing half a second too late • Over-correcting posture when addressed • Clearing their throat before answering • Adjusting sleeves, cuffs, jewelry repeatedly • A visible swallow before speaking • Exhaling through the nose instead of responding • Looking at the exit mid-conversation • Nodding too quickly
Tiny tells create big tension.
listen i may take 4 weeks to write a 3k word chapter, and i may take 45 minutes to decide whether i should use “laugh” or “chuckle”, but at least i don’t use ai and whatever you’re getting is pure chaos from a human brain
Below is a plain text list of the official prompts as well as five alternative prompts. This post will be updated over time with links to our explanations of each prompt. For more information as to the timeline, rules, and FAQ for this challenge, please see the pinned post on our Tumblr.
Reasons for Fake Dating
ACTING AU: “I'm up for one of the biggest roles of my life but never had time for dating, so please help me perfect that longing look I need.”
“After only a night together my nosy neighbour saw you leave and told my parents and they can't know I'm having casual sex so I need to introduce you to them.”
“Being married gets you benefits at my job, so I really need a partner but I don't have time to date.”
CELEB AU: “I'm sick of my PR team putting me up with other celebs so I want someone to go on dates with me every couple weeks so the press thinks I'm in a committed relationship.”
CELEB AU: “My PR team wants to better my image and you have a really good reputation so now we're on a fake date but you're actually really charming.”
CRIMINAL AU: “I need to steal some stuff from a rich people event and need someone to come with me to cover for me while I sneak off.”
“I never cared to find a partner but my childhoold best friend is getting married and I don't want to be the only one without a plus one there.”
“I paid you for a night but ran into someone I know and I was embarrassed and called you my partner and now we're both invited to a dinner next week.”
“I’m an influencer and need a partner to get pics with and post cute videos with and shit my follows love our dynamic specifically, can we keep up the act?”
“I'm trying to get back at my parents and you look like trouble, so wanna cause chaos at thanksgiving?”
“Let's get dressed up and go to different bars to pretend to get engaged for free drinks and desserts.”
“My ex cheated on me and I need to show that I can pull too and you're the hottest person I know so can I use you to make my ex jealous?”
“My grandparents are horrible people but to get their inheritence I need to marry, will you fake a wedding with me and keep it up until they pass?”
“Thank you for playing along when we ran into my ex with their new partner and I pretended we're together even though we're just coworkers, but now we're both invited to their wedding.”
“They offer free drinks to couples at the bar on valetine's day, so wanna pretend to be my partner?”
“This person is following me around the bar and won't leave me alone, please play my partner for a second.”
“To be able to see you when you're in a coma in the hospital, I lied about being your partner, but now the nurse introduced me as such to your family and I was too awkward to clear it up and we spent weeks at your bedside together and now that you're awake I need you to keep up the act.”
“We both need a place to live and this apartment is perfect but the landlord is weirdly conversative and will only rent out to couples so we need to pretend to be together and it worked but oops wait there is only one bedroom.”
“We're barely even friends but when my friends saw a picture of us together and asked I wanted to show off and said you're my partner, but now you moved closer and I need to keep up the lie.”
“We're childhood best friends and I just found out people back in the day bet on whether we would get together and I kinda want to know how they would react if we say we're together at the next class reunion.”
“You're in the hospital and I'm worried so I pretended to be your partner to be able to come see you but you need to stay a while longer so we need to keep up the act.”
Thanks to @laudys83 for the idea!
Mating March is all about instinct and possession, jealousy, territorial tension, protective devotion.
“Mine”, in whatever way you choose!
Prompt List 🌱
1. Instinct
2. Territorial
3. Jealousy
4. Close
5. "Come Here."
6. Protective Touch
7. Scent
8. Fighting For Love
9. Rival
10. Standing Between
11. Marked / Claimed
12. Challenge
13. "Don’t Touch Me."
14. Heat Rising
15. Boundaries
16. A Warning Growl
17. Proximity
18. Choosing Sides
19. “Stay Behind Me.”
20. Possessive
21. Romance
22. Public vs. Private
23. Tension in the Air
24. Softening After
25. Guarded
26. “You’re Safe.”
27. Protective Instinct
28. The Edge of Control
29. Pulled Closer
30. A Promise
31. Mine
As always tag @monthlywritingchallenges and use the #matingmarch tag so we can reblog!
Have fun writers 🌱
Whumpril 2026 approaches!
Rules:
Anyone can participate.
Any media form is allowed (art, fic, gifs, music, whatever).
AI-generated content is NOT permitted.
You can participate however much or as little as you want, no pressure to complete every single day.
You can post your work anywhere on the internet, Tumblr, Ao3, etc.
Tag potential triggers and NSFW accordingly.
If you want to be counted as an official participant and have the chance to be featured on the blog, post your content during the month of April. You can still use the prompt list after April ends.
I can’t guarantee that every single work will be featured but I’ll try to reblog as many as I can.
To increase your chances of being featured here, tag your post with the event name and the prompt of the day that you used (For example: #whumpril2026, #whumprilday1, #beg)
You can also @ the blog, @whumpril.
Questions? Check the FAQ to see if your question has already been answered!
Full write-up of the prompts can be found under the cut!
there’s gotta be some behind the scenes footage somewhere out in the miraculous universe of gabriel guest-judging project runway circa 2009 sitting on set at the judges table frowning at the empty space next to him
“something wrong, mr agreste?” asks one of the nervous producers
“where is my assistant’s chair?”
the producer glances around at the crew. “excuse me?”
“the chair. for my assistant,” gabriel hisses through clenched teeth, patience already thin from a long day of filming. “where is it?”
“uh…”
“don’t you understand? i NEED my emotional support assistant.”
the producer blinks
“oh, forget it.” gabriel sneers, disgusted by their impudence, and pushes back from the table. “nathalie, come here, my dear. you’ll just have to sit on my lap.”
sometimes it’s They Would Not Fucking Get Married but sometimes it’s just They Would Not Have A Fucking Wedding. send those characters to the courthouse on a tuesday or so help me
Smut writing 101: What I wish someone had told me when I first started.
So a conversation with @queen-of-boops and @longbobmckenzie sparked this post. Sarah already wrote a list of tips for writing a villa fic which was really helpful and people expanded on it a lot, so we thought it might be helpful to share a few tips for writing smut from some of the writers that do it a lot.
This is a long-ass post, because I've learned a lot over the years. So right at the end, there's a mini how-to guide for how to turn your smut from IKEA instruction manual into an explosion of sexual tension.
In addition, I would love for others to add on to this. This fandom is horrifically talented especially in writing brain-melting smut, and this is just what I could come up with in a few hours. But I'd love to hear from other people and have them add on extra bits!
A few resources before we begin:
The Smut Writer's Dictionary
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic [HIGHLY recommend sections ii (Reaction words), iv (sexy alternatives to 'said'), xii (generally acceptable slang terms) and xvi (Some do's and don'ts of smut writing).]
OneLook Thesaurus is much better than other thesauruses at suggesting words for smut (I've found).
Now, on to the advice!
Day 27 - Daily Writing Challenge
Write an end scene, without the beginning.
Do it for yourself or put it under this post!
FORTUNE TELLING IDEAS
Imagine your characters:
going to a psychic to have their fortunes read
playing with a magic 8 ball
reading each other’s palms
doing a tarot card reading
reading each other’s horoscopes
playing with a fortune telling fish
looking into a crystal ball (scrying)
interpreting tea leaves (tasseography)
doing a rune reading
opening fortune cookies
Writing Exercises Vol. I
Whether you want a challenge, a break, or to get back in the groove, here are some writing exercises to get started!
Word Writing Prompts
Write 250-500 words using all five of the words listed. Try timing yourself to see how fast you can bang out a short or flash piece. To add extra challenge, use the words in the same order they’re listed.
peonies, hammer, pillow, hate, found
callback, vase, actor, broken, money
pink, dust, saturated, rust, bleak
dragon, farmer, monster, love, friend
Christmas, fight, jail, lemon, tiger
Write a Letter as Your Character
It can be a brand new character or a character you’re working on and they can be writing it to literally anyone. Use this to find their voice, opinions, personality, explore their life before the story, or just for fun. Below are some ideas of who they could write to.
a parent
their unrequited love
Beyonce
their past self
their future self
their best friend
a childhood crush
a priest
John Mulaney
Write a Flash Fiction Piece
Flash fiction is characterized as being less structured than a short story and more focused on the detail of a moment or collection of moments. It’s much more condensed and tends to be packed with vivid imagery. Shoot for under 500 words. Here are some prompts:
She had never seen a blade so big before.
“Come on!” “I can’t do it!”
A young chef has just realized she’s in the middle of a con.
a chess piece, an unloaded gun, and an attempted murder
A prince has just been stabbed on the battlefield
“The flowers are so pretty this time of year.”
Fanfic Prompt List
Reblog this. Readers send a fandom (and a pairing, if you’re into that) + a number to your Ask. You write a fic/drabble using that line in your piece. Yay, more fic!
“It wasn’t your fault.”
“You love me as if I deserve you.”
“This isn’t what it looks like.”
“I really wish you’d told me your mother was in town.”
“You don’t believe in an afterlife?”
“I just came to say goodbye.”
“I never say no to a picnic.”
“There’s only one bed.”
“You don’t remember last night at all, do you?”
“You’re wrong and I’ll prove it.”
“A woman’s sexuality is a moving target.”
“You’re a genius with facts, but you’re really stupid with people.”
“I made the mistake of thinking ‘This can’t get weirder.’ Sorry.”
“We’re in love with the same person. Friendships have been built on less common ground.”
“I didn’t know you could dance like that!”
“I found it in the recycling bin.”
“I know what I want, when I want it. So get over here.”
“This is… exactly what it looks like.”
“There’s so much blood.”
“You should see me in my old uniform. I’m pretty sure it still fits.”
“I know you really want to hang it on the wall, but…”
“I hate everything about Christmas except…”
“We bet and you lost, so you have to do it.”
“Is that a tattoo?”
“I could tell it was your favorite book because of all the notes you wrote in the margins.”
“What do you think? Is purple my color?”
“That is way too expensive.”
“Girls night in?”
“I never imagined myself in a wedding dress.”
“I was scared and I ran.”
“I’m yours, in every way you’ll have me.”
“You’re acting like this is your first threesome.”
“The bow was perfect before, but then I got paranoid and had to check to make sure it was still in there.”
“You might not like me, but you definitely want me.”
“If a zombie bit you, I’d be heartbroken, but I’d also shoot you twice in the head.”
“I’d be fine having sex with the same person for the rest of my life, if it wasn’t the same sex every single time.”
“I want to hike up your skirt and take you right here.”
“I lost the baby.”
“I love you. I just love her more.”
“A package arrived for you, but there’s no return address and the box looks really old.”
“If I die, I’m going to haunt you.”
“I didn’t say “sex party” as in orgy. I said “hex party” as in witches.”
“You wanted me to walk in on you.”
“This is a totally inappropriate soundtrack.”
“Let’s get wasted and then go piss on his grave.”
“I scalped my Hamilton tickets to pay for it.”
“Hold my hand until it’s over?”
“If you want to get me naked, you’ll have to convince me it’ll be worth my time.”
“I’m a level 72 Rogue and if you tell anyone, I’ll deny it and I will kill you.”
Author’s choice!
writing prompts location
an abandoned castle
a forest filled with elves and fairies
a museum, ancient and beautiful and horrifying haunting
a cozy, old coffee shop owned by a lovely elderly couple
a deserted road at 2am in the morning, with a broken down car
a starry night out on a vessel, eyes out on the horizon
a distant planet in space, surrounded by darkness and eyes leering the tiny dot in the distance that you once called your home
a busy street in Tokyo, with flickering lights and a feeling of belonging
an apartment in Chicago, with pouring rain and thunder striking
a cemetery, legend has it vampires used to roam around here
an ancient ruin, touching the walls of what was once an empire, but now gives you nothing but a longing feeling to experience a time in history that humankind has since long left behind
a dingy, run-down motel with a sketchy owner
a secret passage-away in a castle, striding through the corridors with only a candle as light source
an empty field, a starry night sky, gleaming moonlight shining down upon you
a beautiful flower garden with growing vegetables, flying butterflies and scorching sunlight
a tree house that was built when you were kids, but is still the place you and your best friend goes to when you need some time to think
a deep, dark forest, right behind the edge of the cemetery, overgrown tree branches that covers the pathway. rampant, like a giant spiderweb
a huge mountain, with the shore just below it, waves crashing against the oceanside
