PROMPTS... SO MANY PROMPTS

I'm just gonna stash and store any and all story prompts here. Some I found around tumblr, some I made, some I added to. IF YOU USE ANY! PLZ TAG ME IN TAGS! I WANNA READ WHAT YOU CREATED! <3 If you wanna submit anything, go ahead. Send me asks, prompts FOR prompts, OTP (ot+), anything and everything.

[mikkeneko]

PSA to fan creators who don't have a lot of regular contact with children: They are almost always bigger than you think. A 1-year-old baby may already be walking. A toddler is likely already hip-high. A 10-year-old may already be taller than at least one of their parents. A 14/15 year old may already have reached their adult height.

[amarguerite]

Via @watertightvines

[wildjuniperjones]

Here's the link. It was actually not immediately easy to find, so I thought this might help.

[promptcalender]

Body Language & Behavior: Headache

boredom due to inability to do anything at all

burying head in hands

clenching teeth

dizziness when standing up

dropping head back

finally crashing and sleeping the entire day

fumbling with a package of painkillers and struggling to get past the child safety

groaning quietly

massaging head at every opportunity

pressing head into a pillow or perhaps the chest of a loved one

resting torso on the table if they can’t get a better place to rest

rubbing head

squeezing eyes shut

staying in bed all day

trying the most obscure headache relief hacks they can think off (it doesn’t work, but it keeps them busy)

turning head away from bright lights

[Prompt Calender: June 9th, National Headache Awareness Week]

[gauntlyt]

helmeted knight x masked fool is something. there's something there. serious x silly but they both live their lives in costumed roles. violent and chivalrous x jolly and irreverent but both are crafted, ornamented, playing a part, fulfilling a courtly purpose. both direct servants of the crown, but one is an attack dog bound by rules and conventions and codes, while the other is an imp whose purpose is to see how far those rules will bend before they break, a sanctioned bit of chaos and impiety. but they're both masked. they know not each other's faces, only their persona, their role, their constructed guise. it must be decadent, that bit of mystery, along with the grating scratch of someone at once so alike and so different from oneself...

[thecalloffantasy]

Writing villains people actually fear (and remember)

It’s not about darkness. It’s about a precise use of habits and small things, their behaviour both when acting the villain and not.

1. Give them a contradiction.

Villains are scariest when they’re almost human. It's alot harder to harm, or even kill, when you can the part of them that is kind.

“He always apologised before hurting someone.”

2. Let them think they’re right.

No moustache twirling ('mustache twirling villain' is often used as a pejorative to describe poor antagonists/bad guys, usually they in comedy) — just conviction. Their ideals and values should stem from something important to them. Doesn't have to be important or make to others, just them.

“I’m not saving the world. I’m correcting it.”

3. Give them a normal habit that becomes unsettling.

• humming off-key

• straightening objects mid-argument

• collecting people’s abandoned pens (this was something I got from primary school where I watched someone collect them and i thought it was evil they were stealing pens😭)

4. Make their kindness selective.

Kind to dogs. Cruel to friends.

Kind to children. Absent to their own.

This really adds to their character and backstory, even if you don't elaborate or tell it.

5. Make their presence change a room.

Not with theatrics — with tone.

“The laughter thinned when he stepped inside.”

Making antagonists who aren’t evil (but still hurt you emotionally)

Some of the best antagonists are just… people.

1. Give them the same goal as the hero — different methods.

Hero wants peace.

Antagonist wants peace.

Hero uses unity; antagonist uses control.

2. Let the antagonist be right sometimes.

That stings.

3. Make the hero almost agree with them.

“You’re not wrong,” she admitted. “But you’re not right either.”

4. Show glimpses of softness.

“He tucked the child’s drawing into his coat.”

5. Let them break their own rules.

Instant complexity, villains change the rules to fit their momentary desires and whims.

(Edit: ive written this up from a book that ive been filling with writing tips and tricks from classes, im putting here a few pages from it

So I get it, I need to change how I format things 😭)

Ive also read "Read This If You Want to Be a Great Writer" a book by Ross Raisin

[crabussy]

media trope that makes me want to throw up and cry is when a character realises there's no way they're making it out of a situation in one piece. and in a single moment they accept it and turn to their distraught loved ones with The Smile. you know The Smile. sickening

[crabussy]

PETITION FOR ALL LOVABLE CHARACTERS TO STOP DOING THIS SHIT. IT BREAKS ME.

[notahorseindisguise]

the "came back wrong" trope except like... they didnt. like this mad scientists wife died, and so he studied necromancy, brought her back, and she came back and it all worked. like she came back exactly the same as she was before with literally no difference. but the scientist guy is like "oh no... what have i done.... shes Different now!!!! she came back Wrong!!!!" and shes just like. chilling. reading a book. cooking dinner. shes just so so normal but in the guys mind hes like "oh shes soooo weird" but shes just normal

[mysticorset]

Peer reviewed tags from @somanyofthekids

[notahorseindisguise]

NO its a JOKE and YOU DONT GET IT. ITS NOT THAT DEEP

[hiveswap]

While she was dead he put his memory of her on such a high pedestal that she could never live up to it alive

[midnight-revolucion]

alternatively‚ she came back perfectly fine but he thinks she came back wrong‚ because the tragic reality is that he never actually knew his wife

[notahorseindisguise]

im going INSANE thats MY POST.

[marlinspirkhall]

It's your post but the journey to posting it changed it to such a degree that even its closest intimacies are now foreign to you. Sorry dude.

[gyrovagi]

most difficult problem of writing fanfiction is when you need a character to express the particular surprised/dismayed/disappointed sentiment of going "jesus christ" but this isn't a lore friendly thing to say and there's nothing lore friendly that conveys quite the same emotion

[calware]

spiritual successor to my email post

[calware]

ok this too

[writersisland]

Things to say to your rival while sparring or fucking

“Cute that you think you could keep up with me.”

“You're getting sloppy.”

“Think you can handle another round?”

“Too slow.”

“Don't be so hard on me, I'm still sore from last time.”

“I need five.”

“Perhaps you should've stretched first.”

“Slow down!”

“I'm not done with you yet.”

“Nice grip.”

“Get used to being below me.”

“Teach me that move.”

“Show me what you've got.”

“Must you always slam me down so hard?”

“Let's go again.”

“You can do better than that.”

“Tired already?”

“Someone has a bit of pent up aggression, huh?”

“Watch me.”

“We're done for today.”

“Steady your breathing before you pass out.”

“Is that the best you can do?”

“Quit going easy on me.”

“Want me to show you?”

[whooooomp]

need That character absolutely delirious with fear. recoiling from everything. unable to parse what's happening around them, their mind stuck in fight or flight. shaking and hyperventilating. completely unconsolable even as they're wrapped in a crushing hug.

[valtsv]

i do enjoy "living weapon" characters but specifically living weapons who did in fact do absolutely horrific things which at least a part of them enjoyed and thought was good and right at the time, and that no amount of not knowing any better or guilt they feel in hindsight will ever make up for. i love living weapons who are "irredeemable", and no it's not their fault that they were made that way or pointed in the directions they were by the hand that wielded them, and yes they are victims, but so were their victims. living weapons who some people will never be able to forgive, but who still wake up every day and try to do better than what's expected of them. a sword that uses its blade to cut wheat to make bread for the people who once lived in fear of its arc falling on their heads.

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[kamchatkawing]

I'm not sure how this made its way to me, but since it did, I shall share!

[the-haiku-bot]

I’m not sure how this

made its way to me, but since

it did, I shall share!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Reasons for being frenemies

Why are they frenemies? What do they like or hate for each other? Asked for by codeine-cockbite

having the same goals, but very different approaches on how to get there

having wronged each other, but they still rely on each other socially or professionally

getting betrayed, but they are tied together by mutual friends

getting betrayed, but they have to maintain appearances

not liking each other, but pretending to get along for benefits

power imbalance, where one holds control or influence over the other, keeping the dynamic unbalanced but intact

being wronged, but continuing their relationship due to social pressure

past emotional or physical hurt was never fully resolved, leading to underlying resentment

passive-aggressive behavior, where hostility is masked with politeness or fake support

gossiping behind each other’s backs, yet acting friendly in person

taking the credit for the other's work, but they still need to be professionally nice to each other

manipulation disguised as kindness, where one keeps the other close to control or influence them

being competitive friends, who try to one-up the other

using each other for personal gain, whether socially, emotionally, or professionally

old friendship turned sour, but both struggle to let go of what they once had

insecurity or fear of being isolated, causing one to maintain the connection even if it's toxic

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[almiarangers]

As much as I love ‘I would kill for you’, it kinda really loses its impact if the person saying it is a villain who already kills at the slightest provocation

’I would refrain from killing for you, I would spare them all if you asked me’ is a very sexy alternative, and a much more powerful declaration of love coming from a character prone to violence

[the-right-writing]

Things almost every author needs to research

How bodies decompose

Wilderness survival skills

Mob mentality

Other cultures

What it takes for a human to die in a given situation

Common tropes in your genre

Average weather for your setting

[clevergirlhelps]

yoooo

How bodies decompose

Wilderness survival skills

Mob mentality

Other cultures

What it takes for a human to die in a given situation

Common tropes for your genre

Average weather for your setting

[tenderwatches]

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

[tlirsgender]

I'm a sucker for water symbolism it has to be said

[tlirsgender]

It's versatile. It can be both life or death, depending. Drowning & rebirth etc. Scarcity in a desert. Change, fluidity. Let's hear it for water symbolism

[tlirsgender]

The thing is that water is life and it will also kill you. Such is life