Prompts, nothing but prompts

A collection of prompts to help spark your imagination and a place to share the works they inspire - submissions are open! If you use one of the prompts please tag #nothingbutprompts and/or @nothingbutprompts so we can see and share your work :) If you reblog the prompt that would be greatly appreciated too.

[out-of-jams]

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

[writing-prompt-s]

These are all so good!!!

[nothingbutprompts]

A short list of one word prompts for you:

-Surgery

-Wait

-Budding

-Void

-Aftermath

Thanks anon

[sunsbleeding]

[chipper-smol]

A dragon who decides to hoard mint and various types of mint plants (and not knowing that mint has the mushroom’s blessing of inevitability were ever its planted) can go one of two ways.

1: The dragon is absolutely horrified as the mint engulfs and takes over its den. Its gold? Mint. Its gems and goblets? Mint. Its stores of wine? Mint. No matter what they do they can’t get rid of it.

2: The dragon is delightfully ecstatic as the mint engulfs and takes over its den. It’s a self growing hoard. No matter what any adventurers or knights do, they can’t get rid of it.

[chipper-smol]

✨✨✨ ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ ✨✨✨

[unbotheredmuse]

[something-tofightfor]

😬

[stardustschild]

Apparently my director went to see a production of West Side Story a few years ago, and the guy playing Chino forgot his gun before coming out for his final scene. Once it got to the big scene where he is supposed to shoot Tony, he screeched “Poison Boots” and kicked the actor playing Tony until he went down. The girl playing Maria then had to jerk the shoe off of Chino’s foot, and had to do the gunshot scene asking “How many kicks Chino? How many kicks, and one kick left for me”. 

[tbbackus]

There should be a blog dedicated to theatrical urban legends. Like that opening weekend of Dracula where Dracula (still hungover) vomited all over the audience during the first stage direction that everyone has a friend of a friend that worked on the show and was there.

[crutchie-morris]

or the one where the bridge never came out for Javert’s suicide and so he just pretended to stab himself and then lay there until the lights went out

[musicofthestage]

best story i heard was when a friend of mine saw a show where juliet forgot to bring the dagger out on stage so she just ripped the squib out of her chest and blood squirted everywhere

[agatharights]

During a passion play a friend of my brother was supposedly in, one of the roman soldiers who was supposed to stab jesus on the cross and accidentally grabbed the wrong spear- he was supposed to grab one with a fake tip, but instead he grabbed one with an actual metal tip and, well

Jesus screamed “JESUS CHRIST YOU STABBED ME”.

Since that Jesus had to be taken down due to a bad case of stab-itis, the backup Jesus came in, but he weighed significantly less than the original Jesus- which would have been fine, except that at the end the cross was supposed to ascend upwards with Jesus on it, and the weights hadn’t been adjusted.

So Jesus, instead, ROCKETED UP into heaven (or, just, above the stage).

[soulpunchftw]

This is wild from start to finish

[totalspiffage]

I was in Peter Pan once and one night at a performance, the adhesive holding our Hook’s mustache on was wearing off. It was near the end with a big fight scene and when he got attacked, he let his mustache fall and went “YOU RIPPED MY MUSTACHE OFF!” in a scandalized tone and it added a new note of hilarity to the whole scene (which was supposed to be funny anyway)

[punkbatsarchive]

In my seventh grade play, which was a midsummer night’s dream, Thisbe didn’t have a sword so she stabbed herself with a coathanger

[redheadeddisneyfreak]

My junior year we were doing Romeo and Juliet and after Juliet poisons herself it was supposed to go dark and she’d get off the stage. well the light crew accidentally turned them back on and Juliet who was sitting up slammed back down on the wooden bed with a loud bang. To which my theater teacher says into the com “zombie Juliet” and everyone who heard that had to keep as quiet as possible while our eyes were filling with tears.

[sammywhatammy]

i attended my county’s performing arts high school majoring in vocal studies, (mostly geared towards musical theater and opera styles) and once a year we got a field trip to new york (we were in jersey, so it’s not exactly far). we would do one touristy thing, an actor’s workshop with friends of our teachers working in various performing industries in nyc, and then see a show. 

my first year doing this, our industry contacts were 1 actor, 1 casting director, and 1 producer to get different aspects of the business, and they all gave us amazing advice and told fantastic stories. the actor in question was Zazu on Broadway’s The Lion King for several years, and told the best story by far.

in The Lion King, there are only two pieces of pre-recorded noise in the whole show. one, when Pumbaa does a MASSIVE fart while fighting the hyenas, and the other being Mufasa saying REMEMBERRRRRR as Simba climbs Pride Rock. the actor told us while struggling not to laugh that, during one night’s performance, someone forgot to flip the tape of these pre-recorded noises.

so, at the end of the show, the great climax where Simba finally accepts his place in the Circle of Life, the heavens parted and-

PFFFFFFFFFRRRRRBTFTBTBFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

everyone froze. and then all ran off stage positively HOWLING with laughter.

the lesson: sometimes there are fuck ups you just can’t recover from.

[cinder-ember]

During a high school production of Beauty and the Beast, where I was assistant costumer and assistant prop master, our director decided that we needed to spice up Gaston’s introduction. You know: in the movie, when Lefou runs in trying to catch the duck/goose that Gaston has just shot out of the sky?

Originally, the actors were going to stroll on stage with our Lefou hauling in the really neat (and real!) taxidermied deer head that we had found in a local thrift store. Now, two days before opening night, our director wants Lefou to run in from off stage and catch a stuffed duck that Gaston has just shot. This, of course, requires two things to work properly as a scene: a gunshot noise, and a stuffed duck.

The gunshot noise, we had covered. Blue-collar, redneck school? Guns a plenty to record. The stuffed duck? Harder than you might have thought to obtain.

Three hunting stores, two taxidermists, and one Pet Supply Store ™, I’d finally found a semi-realistic pheasant squeaky toy. What follows is an account of the ways this dog toy managed to be the nightmare prop of the six show run.

Opening Night: The stagehand, who was supposed to drop the bird from the ceiling catwalk, missed his cue and didn’t drop the it. Lefou’s actor rolls with it and does an excellent job of looking around foolishly before getting cuffed upside the head by Gaston. The stagehand then drops the bird squarely on Gaston’s head. Cue laughter.

Saturday Matinee: Different stagehand throws the bird instead of dropping it and beans Lefou directly in the face with the prop. Lefou falls over. Cue laughter.

Saturday Night: Bird is missing during curtain call. Director hauls the deer head down from it’s place on the tavern wall and tells Gaston and Lefou to revert to the old blocking i.e. no gunshot, no bird, just walk in with trophy. During Gaston and Lefou’s conversation, gun shot sound goes off and a stagehand throws the bird onto the stage…from the wrong side of the stage. Lefou and Gaston stare at it in awkward silence for a solid thirty seconds before Lefou makes off-script, subtle joke about Gaston’s gun going off late instead of early. Cue adults in the audience laughing.

Sunday Matinee: Director begs the stagehands to get the cue right at least once. Gunshot and bird prop go off without a hitch. Lefou accidentally catches the prop when it falls from the catwalk. He’s so startled that he caught it that Gaston runs right in to him. They drop both the gun and the bird props, and grab the wrong prop in their scramble. Gaston spends the rest of the scene gesturing dramatically with a stuffed pheasant, instead of a gun.

Sunday Night:  Director is fed up with bird prop, decides that Lefou should just carry bird prop in after gunshot happens off stage. Lefou accidentally squeezes the prop during the intro conversation, startling both actors into silence with the squeaky toy noise - apparently, neither of them realized it was a dog toy.

Monday Elementary School Show: Lefou walks on stage with the bird. Accidentally drops the prop during conversation with Gaston. Gaston doesn’t notice the dropped prop and steps on it. Cue depressingly sad squeaky toy noise. Cue ten years olds laughing.

[fat-hippie]

I was in Twelfth Night during high school and we were lucky enough to have identical twin girls playing Viola and Sebastian. Due to the blocking in the first half of the play, their characters didn’t appear on stage together but rather almost consecutively one after the other for a majority of the first act.

It was awesome because when people saw the play and didn’t know the girls were identical twins, it literally looked like it was one actor doing multiple, uber fast costume changes.

One of our first performances was for our peers and it was a big school so lots of people didn’t know the twins. This - for some reason - was also the performance they chose to record.

Listening to the confusion of the audience during the playback was fantastic and completely topped by the moment Viola walked off stage left just as Sebastian walked on stage right and someone right beside the camera goes “OH WHAT THE FUCK” so loudly it drowned out everything else.

The best thing? That was the copy of the play that was made available for purchase by family and parents. Haha.

[whereismyvillage]

Oh my god. I went to one of the Spiderman shows where he flew out above the audience and then got stuck and had to awkwardly hang there for about 10 minutes, but these stories are brilliant.

[andthereisnotragedyinthat]

okay so, my senior year of high school and I’m part of the stage crew for Peter Pan. There’s a scene where Hook and Smee are searching for Peter and the Lost Boys. Now the theater department at my high school isn’t very well funded (in the southern USA, football is king), so the sets we managed to make were pretty kickass for the money we had. We had a structure painted like a big tree stump for the entrance to the Lost Boys’ hideout. You could climb to the top of it, but also go inside it through a trap door that we kept locked up during most of the play.

It’s like our third show and everything has been going surprisingly well. Hook and Smee climb to the top of the “tree trunk”, supposedly looking for Peter and not knowing they’re standing above his hiding spot the whole time.

Turns out someone didn’t close the trapdoor properly, because the second Hook steps on it, he plunges through the thing. He’s able to catch himself, but he’s got his ass and one leg dangling through this hole where it’s like a ten foot drop to the ground. All of us stage crew are literally two feet away from him offstage, just gaping at him because???? Y'all this fall looked BAD. Looked like my dude did the splits in mid air. The whiplash caused his fucking wig to come off. The audience is dead silent, all of us backstage are dead silent, the director is like already looking up how to treat a broken groin.

The kid who was playing Hook was like a fuckin sophomore and he KILLED it. He gave himself a second to catch his breath, never broke character, just looked up at his castmate and growled “Smee, you fool, help me up!”. He ended up playing off the wig thing as an embarrassing comedic bit for Hook, and the play went on. He was completely fine. It was the best thing I’d ever seen.

[squidspawn]

There was an infamous performance of the opera Don Giovanni where in the last act Giovanni was suppose to be dragged into hell via trapdoor but the overweight actor got stuck, leading someone from the audience to shout: “Hey everyone, Hell’s full!!” 

[sarahviehmann]

I’m pretty sure I’ve reblogged this before but the Lefou story has me in tears every time.

[dwlostcompanion]

As someone who did Tech stuff in High school for 4 years, Lefou!

[five-very-happy-years]

I was a costumer on a stage version of Titanic, and in the scene where the women and children are getting in the lifeboats, one of the men (who was supposed to be saying goodbye to his wife he knows he will never see again because his is about to die), realized his fake mustache was falling off and instead of playing it cool… he rips it off his face, and hands it to his wife with the line “Something to remember me by”…it was the funniest thing that I have ever seen in my 8 years in theatre, the entire cast lost their shit laughing at the most dramatic moment possible

[edensgardener]

I am laughing so hard I’ve been crying for ten minutes. Thank you

[commander-vas-normandy]

My high school did Dirty Rotten Scoundrels one year and still one of the best bits, especially on opening night, was some museum bit.

Lights come up on the stage and there’s a statue dead center of the stage that two characters are circling around while flirting. The whole scene goes down without a hitch.

Well, because we couldn’t get a statue prop, the staue was actually one of my friends in just some really good makeup, a perfectly still pose, and plaster in her hair that really sold it.

So then the characters walk off stage and the lights don’t go down. So she waits. She waits. Then she just shrugs with a big, dramatic sigh and storms off stage in a comedic fashion and everyone died laughing in the audience so we rolled with it every night after that.

[donut-despair]

I was in the pit playing clarinet for our production of Urinetown, and since this was a high school production, our director didn’t want any swears on stage. Therefore, since Urinetown is about conserving water by any means possible, all of the swears were going to be replaced by water-related words. Examples like “Thank Poseidon!” or “By Neptune!” were used pretty regularly.

However, in the climax of the first act, our villain, Mr. Cladwell couldn’t think of any one of those water-related words that weren’t used recently by one of the others in the cast.

You know what he stammers out?

“Thank SpongeBob you’re safe.”

The teen audience howled with laughter. He kept that gag in for every performance following that, it was incredible.

[love-me-a-good-prompt]

“ARE YOU OKAY?” IDEAS

Need some dialogue to jumpstart the plot of a hurt/comfort story you’re writing? Try these:

“Are you okay?”

“What’s wrong?”

“You seem off.”

“Is everything alright?”

“You good?”

“What happened to you?”

“You’re hurt, aren’t you?”

“What are you hiding?”

“You haven’t been acting like yourself.”

“Is something bothering you?”

“You know you can tell me anything, right?”

“I can tell you’re hurting.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“Stop saying you’re fine, something is clearly wrong.”

“Please let me take care of you.”

“How long have you been feeling like this?”

“You’re not going anywhere, go back to bed.”

“Why didn’t you just ask me for help?”

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

“You don’t always have to suffer in silence, you know?”

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Touches Ask Game

Prompts for writing human connection, intimacy, belonging.

Hand-holding

The purest form of human connection.

tiny hands in big hands

calloused hands in soft hands

cold hands in warm hands

hands with the perfect ratio to each other for hand-holding

platonic hand-holding

running their thumb over the other’s hand

dancing with their hands holding onto each other

squeezing hand for comfort and encouragement

holding hands across the table

happily doing everything with just one hand, if it means they don’t have to let go

not wanting to lose each other in a big crowd

possessive hand-holding

linking hands together during sex

grabbing hand to show them something

loosely holding onto each other’s hands, laying in one’s lap

only linking the pinkies together, not ready to let go completely

holding hands while skating

excitedly grabbing each other’s hands during a concert, jumping up and down together

playing with each other’s fingers

pressing the other’s hand against their cheek

holding hands while one is balancing on a small wall

grabbing the other’s hand to pull them back from something

holding hands under the table

only realizing it when they have to let go

standing in front of each other, holding both their hands

holding their hands above their head, fingers linked together

passionate hand-holding

grabbing the other’s hand so they don’t fall

holding hands while running through the rain

brushing against each other, linking fingers together for a second

grabbing their hand to grab their attention

not really paying attention, both doing something else, but still holding hands

bandaging the other’s hand and not quite letting go

holding hands while driving

grabbing the other’s hand to pull them back to them

unconsciously searching out each other’s hand while sleeping

not realizing they’re holding hands till someone points it out

swinging hands back and forth, skipping like children

holding hands in a museum to pull them to the next exhibition

letting go when there is an obstacle in their way and immediately grabbing each other’s hand again when they pass it

loosely holding onto each other’s hand

dragging the other with them, holding their hand

raising the other’s hand to their lips to kiss it softly

holding hands while jumping down from somewhere together

comparing hand sizes, then linking fingers together

Hugs

A warm embrace.

friendly hugs

hug around the waist

hugging while twirling around

comforting hugs

side hugs

hugging and gently holding the other’s head

pulling someone into a hug

hugging while walking

eye-to-eye hugs

hiding their face in the other’s neck

clinging to each other

hugging while lying down together

group hugs

hugging with head on shoulder

tender embrace

‘not wanting to let go’ hugs

hugging from behind

bear hugs

hugging with hands in each other’s pockets

cuddling

hugs and kisses

hugging and jumping up and down together

familiar hugs

hugging with height-difference

gentle hugs

hugging with patting on back

piggy back hugs

quick hugs

hugging while slow dancing

one-sided hugs

hugging while straddling the partner

long-lasting hugs

‘picking them up’ hugs

hugging while grabbing butt

cuddle pile

Kisses

Showing affections.

goodnight kisses

hand kisses

smiling while kissing

lips barely touching

morning kisses

slow kisses

passionate kisses

kisses on the cheek

first kisses

goodbye kisses

welcome home kisses

kisses on the corner of their mouth

frustrated kisses

kissing each other breathless

soothing kisses

nose kisses

kisses as a promise

short pecks

forehead kisses

kisses on head

“we’ll face this together” kisses

kisses in the rain

life-or-death kisses

kisses for a cover

hard kisses

giggling while kissing

desperate kisses

neck kisses

hushed conversation in-between kisses

eyelid kisses

gentle stroking of cheeks

small kisses

kissing it better

jaw kisses

wake-up kisses

kissing away tears

public kisses

relieved kisses

kisses for comfort

tummy kisses

kisses to shut them up

slowly kissing down the body

“we’ll see each other again” kisses

kissing each finger

sleepy kisses

angry kisses

feather-light kisses

kisses with trembling lips

secret kisses

kisses with their last dying breath

Touching

Feeling another human’s touch.

touching foreheads

running fingers through hair

hiding face in neck

caressing the other’s hand

feeling their pulse

patting the other’s head

holding hands

shielding the other one with their body

listening to the other’s heartbeat

spooning at night

laying their hand on the other’s neck

pushing a strand of hair behind their ear

nudging the other one

putting an arm around the other’s waist

hugging each other

massaging them

holding the other’s chin up

squishing the other’s cheek

high fiving

bandaging/stitching up an injury

kissing the other’s brow

falling asleep on the other’s shoulder

carrying the other one in their arms

whispering in their ear, lips touching the skin

stroking the other’s arm soothingly

kissing the top of their head

pulling the other one towards them

feeling for each other in the dark

tickling the other one

grabbing onto their arm

doing a pinky swear

caressing the other’s back

tasting their smile

washing the other’s body

kissing their bruises and scars

lifting the other one up

putting their head on the other’s chest

stroking their leg

leaning into the other’s side

patting them on the back

sitting close and knees touching

braiding the other’s hair

giving them a piggy-back ride

sitting on the other’s lap

feeling their temperature

linking arms with each other

touching their elbow to get their attention

dancing with each other

holding onto the other’s shoulders for support

putting a hand over the other’s mouth to shut them up

Hand-holding|Hugs|Kisses|Touching

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[old-screnwriter-deactivated2022]

writing prompts masterlist

— dialogue

characters going to sleep and waking up together

angsty found family sentence starters

injury reveal + sentence starters

reassurance starters

romantic starters (that aren't really romantic)

broken promises

+

best friends in denial starters

caring for a sick character prompts

sacred romantic moments + sentence starters

first kiss + sentence starters

exes to lovers prompts

enemies to lovers but one of them is injured + sentence starters

— scenarios

a shit ton of angsty prompts

a shit ton of enemies to lovers prompts

only one bed + writing prompts

location prompts

prompts for when you need to kill a character

+

relationship prompts — famous actor edition

a shit ton of kisses + writing prompts

fake dating prompts

fluffy prompts that make me feel things

+

writing prompts for characters going to sleep together

ways for your characters to meet (meet cute/ugly)

intimate prompts for slow burn relationships

even more ways for your characters to meet

things fictional couples do that make me lose my mind

+

small details for fictional kisses

things enemies to lovers do that make me believe in love + writing prompts

fictional things that deserve more love + writing prompts

a writing guide to rivals (or enemies) to lovers + writing prompts

falling out of love prompts

+

kissing details — prompts

soft things fictional couples do when going to sleep

prompts for characters who don’t want to admit they’re in love

only one couch prompts

👋🏼

[vamillepudding]

Send me prompts for exr!

[charmymemes]

𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

feel  free  to  change  any  pronouns  or  subjects  (or  reverse).      tw  for  blood,  death  and  physical  violence  mention.

‘  is  it  complete?  ’

‘  who  are  you?  ’

‘  who  is  this?  ’

‘  why  are  you  bleeding?  ’

‘  what  would  i  do  without  you?  ’

‘  do  you  feel  alright?  ’

‘  what’s  your  name?  ’

‘  why  do  you  hate  me?  ’

‘  do  you  want  something  to  eat?  ’

‘  aren’t  you  supposed  to  be  someone  important?  ’

‘  did  you  read  it  yet?  ’

‘  can  you  help  me?  ’

‘  why  do  you  act  so  weirdly?  ’

‘  what  do  i  do  with  someone  like  you?  ’

‘  you  awake?  ’

‘  can’t  you  tell  left  from  right?  ’

‘  how  dare  you?  ’

‘  can  i  have  a  word?  ’

‘  why  didn’t  you  fight  back?  ’

‘  can  you  stop  interupting  me?  ’

‘  why  are  you  here?  ’

‘  what  happened?  ’

‘  haven’t  you  said  enough?  ’

‘  why  are  you  still  ___?  ’

‘  why  don’t  you  shut  up  and  be  quiet?  ’

‘  what  did  you  dream  of?  ’

‘  why  are  you  yelling?  ’

‘  how  could  you  say  that?  ’

‘  is  that  mine?  ’

‘  why  did  you  turn  out  this  way?  ’

‘  are  you  talking  to  me?  ’

‘  why  won’t  he  date  me?  ’

‘  why  did  you  hit  him?  ’

‘  why  are  you  crying  yourself  to  sleep?  ’ 

‘  are  you  serious?  ’

‘  who  did  this?  ’

‘  will  i  regret  this?  ’

‘  do  you  promise?  ’

‘  is  that  mine?  ’

‘  am  i  dead?  ’

‘  can  you  stop  moving?  ’

‘  is  he  looking  at  me?  ’

‘  does  it  hurt?  ’

‘  how  did  that  happen?  ’

‘  what’s  the  weather  for  tomorrow?  ’

‘  are  you  in  love  with  me  yet?  ’

‘  is  it  that  important?  ’

‘  want  some?  ’

‘  was  that  an  accident?  ’

‘  what’s  the  deal  with  you?  ’

‘  who  do  you  think  you  are?  ’

‘  can  i  ask  you  something?  ’

‘  why  don’t  you  leave  then?  ’

‘  how  could  you?  ’

‘  is  this  all  you  can  do?  ’

‘  why  is  this  here?  ’

‘  how  did  you  get  in  here?  ’

‘  is  it  freezing  to  you?  ’

‘  what  are  you  making  tdday?  ’

‘  are  you  lost?  ’

‘  has  it  been  that  long?  ’

‘  how  could  you?  ’

[bunnieresources]

black widow: the name of the rose writing prompts.

“ i was trusted. until i changed sides. “

“ call me crazy, but i just want to be free. “

“ always the same dance with us. “

“ you never did stop falling for shadows. “

“ bad enough those men and women die alone. they deserve dignity. “

“ nothing to tell. just a little mystery. “

“ you have friends now. i’m happy for that. and scared for you, as well. “

“ i hear things about you, ____. things i would not have imagined, all those years ago. “

“ i have some secrets no one should know. “

“ assume the worst, live another day. “

“ you feel exposed. but you aren’t, you know. “

“ no one looks below the surface. not here. “

“ you fit the mold of what they expect in a place like this. and that’s all that matters to them. “

“ it’s all about calculating how willfully blind a person is going to be. and then exploiting that. “

“ i know how a woman should move. and i know how a woman moves when she’s in pain. “

“ i know that look in a woman’s eye. “

“ i’ll come for you again. and again. and again. “

“ i think i love you, ____. “

“ you left a clear trail. you had to know you’d be easy to find. “

“ convince me why i shouldn’t kill you. “

“ death is such a… primitive concept. “

“ i’m going to find you. i don’t give up. “

“ you always knew what you had to do. no one ever told you. “

“ you were never afraid of the dark. or what waited for you there. but sometimes… sometimes… i wish you had been. “

“ someone needs to keep an eye on you. “

“ bleeding stumps are flesh wounds. what i’ve got is a scratch. “

“ good times don’t last forever. “

“ i should have known this would happen. but i got happy, and soft. “

“ i forgot that secrets never keep. “

“ everyone who knew i existed is dead. “

“ i have hunted for less. i have killed for less. but never with as much pleasure. “

“ i know you’re there. don’t waste my time hiding. “

“ some folks think you kill a legend, you’ll become one, too. but that’s not how it works. legends aren’t made so cheap. “

“ is that all, ____? because there’s a look in your eye. “

“ you have been spying, ____. i hear this, everywhere. i hear other things. “

“ you have been spying on me. “

“ if it makes you feel better, you’re not that interesting. “

“ i don’t have time to play. “

“ tell me i was wrong. tell me you wouldn’t do the same thing. tell you haven’t already. “

“ my life has been stolen from me, time and time again. i will not let it happen once more. “

“ wolves and girls. both have sharp teeth. “

“ i outlived all the men who raised me. “

“ you forget so much. you forget them—friends, family. “

“ they used to call you crazy. crazy, dangerous. “

“ tell me a story, ____. tell me a true story. quick, before i get bored. “

“ you’ve forgotten what i can do. you can’t touch me, ____. “

“ i think i hurt you. poor, ____. with pain in their eyes. “

“ you should thank me for not shooting you in the head, ____. “

“ i like to live dangerously. “

“ you just like hurting others from a distance. i’ve always wondered if that makes you a coward. “

“ i’m afraid they’ll come after you. “

“ you should stay here. they need you. you need them. “

“ you weren’t worth my time, ____. you’re still not. “

“ ____ doesn’t care if i kill you. and neither do i. “

“ this would be a good time to start praying. “

“ look at them run. not a single one loyal enough to stand by you. does that ever make you lonely, ____? “

“ both of us feel stronger in solitude. it’s our nature. because we’re killers. “

“ i don’t want to beat you, ____. i just want to kill you. “

“ you’re pathetic, ____. you were a weak child, and you’re a weaker man. “

“ how much longer can you go on? how strong is your will to live? “

“ i never think about giving up. do you? “

“ i learned love from sacrifice. i learned love from living. “

“ in the end, what matters is that we loved and lived. “

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jessie ware’s “what’s your pleasure?” writing prompts.

“ words can never do the things that i need them to. “

“ it’s like you never even left. “

“ tell me when i’ll get more than a dream of you. “

“ if a touch if just a touch, then a touch just isn’t enough. “

“ tell me what it means, tell me what this is. “

“ can you tell it’s real? “

“ i know the way to make you happy. “

“ you can’t deny this perfect symmetry. “

“ chivalry was dead but you revived it. “

“ you get more of my time if you’re gonna treat me nice. “

“ baby, where have you been all of my life? “

“ i know that we could have it all. “

“ tell me what you wanna be. “

“ i wanna give you all my love. “

“ save a kiss for me tonight. “

“ i’ve never been so sure. “

“ if you want to, you can tell everybody. “

“ i think i’m falling for you. “

“ i know that i adore you. “

“ i wanna tell the world, want everyone to see that you belong to me. “

“ what is wanna know is, did something change? “

“ i don’t wanna be saved. “

“ when you’re here, i leave the world behind. “

“ are you worth my while or are you playing? “

“ i just wanna get to know you. “

“ i don’t wanna be alone. “

“ seems that you’re a little shy, ____. “

“ you tell me i should run, but then you tell me you need me. “

“ tell me what you wanna know, and i’ll tell you everything inside. “

“ don’t try to kill me with your love. “

“ don’t kill me with your love. “

“ what i don’t understand is why i’m here on my own. “

“ i know you better than you know yourself. “

“ you’re the only one i know. “

“ i’ve been waiting my whole for someone who makes me feel like you do. “

“ it’s complicated, i can’t lie to you. “

“ do you remember where we are? “

“ i’m no enemy of yours. “

“ when life is hard, that’s how it goes. “

“ we are the last ones of our kind. “

“ you should let me save the day. “

“ why don’t you take me home? “

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thirteen tales of love and revenge writing prompts.

“ why do you smile like you’ve been told a secret? “

“ no one keeps a secret. “

“ i know you won’t tell what i said. “

“ two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. “

“ i know what you’re keeping. “

“ i have something i want to tell you, but you have to promise to never tell anyone. “

“ you swore you’d never tell. “

“ life is such a chore. “

“ i’m the one you want. “

“ oh, now do you believe me? “

“ that’s not all that i can do. “

“ i’m afraid we won’t be leaving. “

“ i don’t think i can stop. “

“ this won’t get any easier. “

“ i’ll try not to destroy you, even though we both know i can. “

“ aren’t you ready to come clean? “

“ don’t you hear me when i say i’m lonely? “

“ do i kid myself to think that i’m your one and only? “

“ i can’t tell you how many times i’ve cried over you. “

“ i’ve had one too many sleepless nights over you. “

“ can’t you see i’m wounded, ____? “

“ go ahead and put me down. “

“ tell me, what else should i do? “

“ nothing seems to please me. “

“ i would much rather be dead than admit to myself that you were right. “

“ don’t look at me that way. you know i just can’t take it. “

“ no matter what they say, i know that we will make it. “

“ you’ll never hear my voice again. “

“ all that i want is for you to come to ruin. “

“ all that i want is for you to come crawling back. “

“ i’ll be taking home with me. “

“ i don’t want for you to be happy. “

“ you won’t forget my name, but i’ll forget your face tomorrow. “

“ you will never win. “

“ i never saw just what you see. “

“ you’ve got a lot to learn. “

“ it’s downright dirty that this old wound won’t heal with time. “

“ it’s killing me that i’m still in love with you. “

“ i can’t take this pain much longer. “

“ you insist on teaching me what i already know. “

“  absence made this heart grow fonder. “

“ i never really thought it would last, and here i am now. “

“ i can’t tell you how to live your life, but i know how to live mine. “

“ i take home pretty things i like. “

“ i could give you everything you need. “

“ i feel i would do anything for you. “

“ i’ve had too much wine. “

“ you say the cutest things i’ve ever heard. “

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miscellaneous movie quote sentence starters pt. iv.

“ give me the ability to have things that are just mine, no matter how lonely that might be sometimes. “

“ everyone speaks of the violence of rivers, but no one ever talks of the violence of the banks that contain them. “

“ it is us who belong to them. “

“ there’s only one person in the world to decide what i’ll do. and that’s me. “

“ my body doesn’t do what i want anymore. my body was quiet and i wouldn’t even notice it. now it exists more than i do. “

“ i don’t think any word can explain a man’s life. “

“ you persuade people you love them so much that they ought to love you back. “

“ i can remember absolutely everything. that’s my curse. “

“ i am back to a simple life in sunshine and calm. i needed that. “

“ i could have fallen into your love, like a shelter. but love is something else. it cannot be one way. “

“ glass has a fragile soul. a crack is the sin. “

“ i didn’t allow myself to feel, or lose control. i have nothing left in me. “

“ you will forget me. “

“ shut up. i will never forget you. “

“ you’ve forgotten that feeling safe is the most dangerous thing of all. “

“ everything is fine. still, i’m afraid. “

“ i don’t know how to live. how could i love? “

“ oh, i love funny exiting lines. “

“ i think this is happiness. i’m waiting for you. “

“ before experiencing true love, even with great imagination… you can’t know what it means. “

“ i found all the answers in our love. “

“ what good would being free do me? “

“ you have to choose. die… or lie? “

“ to survive, you’ve got to forget! “

“ do you know how to weigh or measure love? “

“ do you still love me like i love you? “

“ we two are left alone. we’ll always be alone. “

“ getting seriously involved with someone really just means ruining your nightlife. “

“ i live dangerously. on the edge. “

“ one day, the sadness will end. “

“ saying you’re in love sounds better than saying you want someone. “

“ if you were capable of killing for your love, i feel capable of sharing your crime. “

“ either you are mine or you destroy me. there is no middle ground. “

“ it will be painful at first, but it will pass. “

“ i’ve been faking for so long, i don’t think i can feel what’s real anymore. “

“ men still disgust me. i hate them all. “

“ this is the end. it has to be the end. “

“ no, i don’t want to be like you. that’s why i have to do it. “

“ am i hopeless? not really. “

“ i had nothing to do. i wanted to hear your voice. “

“ you’re my friend. the only friend i have here. “

“ i want to go home. i miss home. “

“ nobody wants to love. everybody wants to be loved. “

“ with you, i found courage, because you’re different from the rest. “

“ you are always creating the world that you see. “

“ my own childhood is my own pack of lies! “

“ i fall in love so easily. i really do. it’s almost embarrassing. “

“ half of every relationship is in my head. “

“ there were so many times i wanted to kiss you. but i didn’t. “

“ how could it be possible that you loved me as much as i loved you? “

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90's Lyrics Sentence Meme

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly.

Dear, I fear we’re facing a problem.

Do you ever get lonely playing with your toys?

For a minute there, I lost myself.

Get crazy with the cheese whiz.

I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.

I am not the one to sit around and be played.

I just don’t wanna miss you tonight.

I know just what you’re saying, so please stop explaining.

I need some love like I’ve never needed love before.

I promised you I’d never give up.

I say the system got you victim to your own mind.

I want to be someone else or I’ll explode.

I want you to notice when I’m not around.

I’d rather die than live without you.

I’m here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away.

I’m only happy when it’s complicated.

If you want my future, forget my past.

It’s alright to tell me what you think about me, I won’t try to argue or hold it against you.

It’s tearin’ up my heart when I’m with you but when we are apart, I feel it too.

Sometimes I give myself the creeps.

Tell me why I can’t be there where you are.

This whole damn world can fall apart.

We are two worlds apart.

What would an angel say the devil wants to know?

With the lights out, it’s less dangerous.

You can touch, you can play, if you say “I’m always yours.”

You have so many relationships in this life, only one or two will last.

You must be true to your heart.

You’re gonna be the one that saves me.

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enemies to lovers but one is injured + sentence starters

“ can you walk? “

“ i’m all right. “

“ you’re bleeding. “

“ lean on me. ” “ for support? “ “ yeah, why else? “

“ i’ll get you out of here. ”

“ are you crazy? i’m not leaving you! “

“ if you die on me, then what's the issue? you either live, or you die. “

“ just trust me, yeah? “

“ i don't need your help. “ “ are you sure? cause it sure does look like it. “

“ rich coming from the guy who tried to kill me three days ago. “

“ how bad is it? “ “ it’s bad. “

“ you got shot. there's a bullet in you. i can see it. “ “ i can feel it. “

“ stay with me. don’t close your eyes. “

“ i hate you. oh, i hate you so much right now. “

“ just remove the damn thing. “

“ i’m not a doctor. “

“ it didn't pierce your heart did it? “ “ no, clearly not. “ “that's unfortunate. “

“ you trust me, don't you? “

“ jesus fucking christ, you're annoying. “

“ don't touch me! “ “ how am i supposed to bandage you up if i can't touch you? “

“ don't touch me. “ “ then do it yourself you, egit. “

“ right now, you’re all i have. “

“ you’re going to be okay. we’ll both be. “

“ can you hear me? “

“ i'm scared. “

“ i don't wanna die. “ “ you're not gonna die, you here me? “

“ when have i ever put you in danger? actually, don't answer that. “

“ if i do this, do you promise to stop harassing me? “ “ absolutely not. what kinda sick request is that? “

“ i can’t feel my legs. “

“ can you walk? “ “i’m bleeding. “

“ here, take my gun. “ “ are you crazy? i’ve never used one before! “

“ i can’t get up. you’re gonna have to have to carry me. “

“ come on, i’ll bandage you up. “

“ look, i know we’re not exactly friends, but right now, you're all i got. “

“ you shoot. i distract. “

“ where’s the bullet? hey, i can’t find the bullet! “

“ why are you the one freaking out? i’m the one with a knife in my stomach. “

“ are you squeamish? because it looks like you’re gonna throw up. “

“ you've always impressed me. you're stronger than you look. “

“ you look like shit. “ “ thank you. “

“ here, take my hand. “ “ are you clean? “

“ i'm gonna kill you. “ “ for what, saving your ass? “

“ don't touch me. “ “ okay. shall i leave you here to die, then? “

“ stop it, you're hurting me! “ “ i need to get the knife out. “

“ didn't realize you had it in you. “ “ what? “ “ to care for another person. “

“ trust me, if anybody's going to kill you, it's going to be me. “

“ couldn't just let you die. fair fight and all. “

“ don't remove the knife, or you'll bleed to death. “

“ shut up before i kill you myself. “

“ just wait for me here. “ “ it's not like i can go anywhere. “

“ give me your gun. “ “fuck, no. “

“ why the hell did they stab you? “ “...should i have asked for an explanation? “

“ shut up or i'll give you a real reason to cry. “

“ you owe me. “

“ fuck you, i'm not doing this. “

“ what's wrong with you? you almost got me killed! “

“ yeah, well. perhaps i didn't understand just how much until this very moment. “ “ this is all your fault. “ “ don't act like you're not enjoying yourself. “

“ you're going to kill me, aren't you? “

“ why would you do this? why would you help me? “

“ call it a truce. “

“ why the hell did you stab me? “

“ i don't have anywhere else to go. “

“ i'm glad you're okay. “

“ thank you, for saving my life. “

“ i would have died if it wasn't for you. “

“ you can stay for as long as you need. “

“ we can go back to hating each other tomorrow. “

“ if you need anything, you know where to find me. “