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@promptcalender
What is the prompt calender?
Every day of the year has a theme, celebration, or observance of some sort. Here, I will be drawing inspiration from these to write daily prompts. Since some of them are quite ridiculous, this often leads to some quite specific prompts.
I'm hoping to both challenge my own creativity and put some hyperspecific variety into writing prompts.
Happy writing!
‘Hope in the Face of Hopelessness’ Dialogue
“I know what this looks like, but we can’t give up now.”
“We’ve come so far already.”
“If there is even a tiny chance that we could make it… We have to try.”
“There has to be another way.”
“Your optimism is going to be the death of us all.” “Maybe. But at least we won’t have to say that we gave up.”
“I refuse to accept this outcome.”
“Listen to me: If you give up now, it’ll all have been for nothing.”
“Don’t make me walk this road alone. Come with me.”
“As long as I’m still breathing, we are not giving up.”
“We’ve been through worse than this and came out in top. We can do it again.”
“You think I made it to this point by giving up easily? Hell no.”
[Prompt Calender: June 4th, Audacity to Hope Day]
Forbidden Love
“They’ll kill us…” “I know.”
“We can’t keep doing this.” “I know. But I don’t know how to stop.”
“This is going to get is both killed.”
“We have to go. They know, we have to go right now.” “What? What are you talking about?” “They know! About us! They know!”
“What if we left? Maybe somewhere else we could just… be.”
“Isn’t this thrilling?” “And absolutely moronic? It really is.”
“We don’t owe anyone an explanation.”
“Relax, no one saw me.” “How can you be sure?”
“Is all this worth it?” “You mean being with you? Because for me, it absolutely is.”
[Prompt Calender: June 3rd, Love Conquers All Day]
Dentist x Terrified Patient (who is also their spouse)
spouse hiding that they have a toothache until it becomes undeniable during dinners
“Get your hands out of my mouth!”
“I can tie you down but I don’t think you’d enjoy that this time.”
“Nice bruising back there…” “I will bite you.”
“Open wide. Stop laughing, usually that doesn’t get taken that way by patients.”
“Can you open your mouth just a tad more for me?” “I think we both know that I can.”
“I told you to floss more, didn’t I?”
“You look weird from this angle.” “I love you too?”
very intense eye contact for the entire procedure
“All done. Wasn’t that bad, was it?” “You’re on the couch until further notice btw.”
[Prompt Calender: June 2nd, National I Love my Dentist Day]
Dystopian Game Show Concepts
orphans and other kids with no guardian put into a competition and only those who prove that they can add value to the world in some way get adopted out. no one knows what happens to those who don‘t win
people with severe debt are put on display and those who are willing to humiliate themselves the most can get donations towards their debt
humans made to compete against robots created to replace their job. whoever wins gets to stay in the workforce
reality tv following the reeducation of the undesirables, where every week the ones with the least genuine improvement are voted off and disappear
run on a network belonging to the resistance: the rich upperclass is kidnapped and put up against things they are funding, such as weapons, chemicals to cut corners in food production with, torture methods used by the institutions they support…
[Prompt Calender: June 1st, National Game Show Day]
Prompt Calender: May Recap
May Day
Baby Day
World Press Freedom Day
Star Wars Day
National Astronaut Day
National Nurses Day
National Tourism Day
Teacher Appreciation Week
Archery Day
Mother Ocean Day
National Mental Health Awareness Week
International Nurses Day
World Cocktail Day
Online Romance Day
International Day of Family
National Barbeque Day
Rural Life Sunday
International Museum Day
.World Fair Play Day
National Be a Millionaire Day
International Tea Day
World Goth Day
Zombie Awareness Month
International Tiara Day
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World Dracula Day
Nothing to Fear Day
National Hamburger Day
National Heat Awareness Day
National Water a Flower Day
National Smile Day
Internal Monologue on Smiling
And then you smiled and, for a moment, I would have done anything to never see that expression fade.
I couldn‘t help the smile forming on my face when I realized you had been watching me the entire time.
It was an entirely inappropriate moment, but the smile had formed without me even noticing.
Only when my ribs began to ache, I managed to still my laughter and tame it into a wide grin instead.
No matter how hard I tried to act unaffected, I knew my lips were in the process of betraying me.
I smiled at you, and you smiled back at me, and suddenly this entire thing didn’t feel as daunting as it did before.
Even as my face began to ache, it was impossible for me to drop the smile.
[Prompt Calender: May 31st, National Smile Day]
(Dark) Botanical Settings/Elements 🌳🥀
a thick forest made up of thorny bushes, countless scraps of fabric and armor tangled in the thick of it from past victims
underwater plants that grab on if they are touched but rather than pulling down, they wait until their prey tires and drowns, sinking down to the ocean floor all by themselves
a cemetery where people are laid in bushes and by morning are fully cocooned in vines
deadly berries that, like a parasite, grow alongside the root of a bush with edible berries and imitate their berries perfectly, so that no one would know they are picking poison
dead trees stretching as far as you can see with flourishing wildlife in between
a cursed land in which everything that grows flourishes, but is deadly if consumed, until no creature can live there anymore and it becomes eerily silent, not even a bug to be heard
giant flesh eating plants growing on top of fortifications
plants that, once ingested, take on parasitic properties and grow inside their host until the host passes. the plant uses their body‘s nutrients to root down where they died and flourish quickly, roots intertwining with the host’s skeleton
[Prompt Calender: May 30th, National Water a Flower Day]
Heatstroke Dialogue
“Hey… wait up… I feel dizzy.”
“You don't look very well. When did you last drink water?”
“Come on, let’s get you in the shade…”
“Let’s take a break before you have to take a permanent break.”
“How long have you been out here in the sun?”
“We’re almost out of water…”
“Whoa, your skin is really warm. Are you feeling okay?”
“Easy there. Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you, but I found you passed out on the trail and dragged you in the shade. Help is on the way. You okay?”
“Shut up and let me help you.”
“We need some help over there! Someone collapsed!”
[Prompt Calender: May 29th, National Heat Awareness Day]
Fast Food Worker Dialogue
“Sir, that coupon expired during the Obama administration.”
“We close in two minutes, which is a fascinating time to order fourteen burgers.”
“I asked for two things today: no bus tours and no school classes. And yet, there it is: two busses of school classes pulling into the lot.”
“Did you make the wrong order on purpose just so you could eat it instead?” “Yeah, that was the plan. He didn’t notice though and drove off with my dinner, so we can expect another angry review.”
“Ma’am, I just work here. I’m not involved in corporate decisions, such as changing the menu.”
“Of course, you can absolutely speak to the manager. He’s back there, hiding from customers.”
“If the card reader declines one more payment today, I might just walk into traffic.”
“That’s gotta be a health code violation.” “Surprisingly, it actually isn’t.”
(mumbling under their breath) “Who the fuck orders that before 8am.”
“Sorry for the wait. The kitchen entered a state of civil unrest.”
“I used to have dreams, you know? I went to college. Got a degree and all. I dreamed of changing the world, but then it all changed when I got hit by that bus—” “You know what, I don’t think I actually need the fries with the burger, so I’ll just… I’ll just go.”
[Prompt Calender: May 28th, National Hamburger Day]
Fear Dialogue
“I can’t do it.”
“This isn’t going to end well.”
“I’m gonna throw up.”
“Do you hear that? The animals have gone silent.”
“Whatever you do, do not turn around. Just… walk towards me.”
“Please don’t make me do this.”
“I don’t think I’m going to make it through the night.”
“I don’t think we’re alone.”
“Did you check whether someone was following you?”
“We can’t save them anymore. We’d be lucky to save ourselves.”
“I don’t care if it means we’re all fucked, I can’t… I can’t do it!”
“Please, help me, I don’t…”
*passes out*
[Prompt Calender: May 27th, Nothing to Fear Day]
Domestic Vampire x Human Shenanigans 🧛
“Bite me” becomes an insider to say as a go to insult
human locking vampire out by revoking the invitation to come inside whenever they argue
vampire either being a tech genius since they develop alongside tech or still sometimes being suspicious about basic things like lightbulbs
human being a history nerd and asking vampire to invite a fellow vampire who witnessed a historical event to quench human’s thirst for knowledge
vampire cooking up long forgotten recipes from different eras for human, who loves to explore new foods
they have a habit to feed each other: vampire enjoys the scents from cooking for human and human afterwards drains some of their blood for vampire
vampire taking human to underground supernatural festivities with a little tag on them so everyone knows they are accompanied by a supernatural, like tagging a dog so no one thinks it is a stray
human always helping vampire get ready since vampire cant use a mirror (ik technically vampires can use modern mirrors but let me have this)
[Prompt Calender: May 26th, World Dracula Day]
Crowns with a Twist 👑
a crown with sentience that acts as advisor to the regent
a cursed crown, draining the sitting regent of their strength in order to power the magic that keeps the kingdom safe
an enchanted crown, granting the regent protection
a crown that rejects those it deems unworthy of wearing it
a crown without a physical manifestation that instead just appears on the head of whomever in the lands it deems worthy of ruling, and humans get no say in it
a crown that corrupts the regent
a crown that was copied perfectly as decoys to avoid the real thing from being stolen, except now no one knows which one is the real one anymore
[Prompt Calender: May 24th, International Tiara Day]
The most Unfortunate Situations to be in when a Zombie Apocalypse suddenly breaks out
on a first date that was not going well, but now you're stuck on the run with your date
on a long, isolated hike, returning to desolate cities with no way to get any information on what happened, where survivor communities might be, how to stay safe, etc.
on a ride at an adventure park, watching everyone on the ground be overrun while pinned in place with a dozen or so people
on set for a zombie movie, unable to tell actors and the real thing apart
at a con in full costume, which makes for surprisingly good protection from bites but not a very comfortable outfit to be on the run in
having just left the tattoo parlor after getting your partner‘s bite mark tattooed… which no one would ever believe, so everyone thinks you‘re infected
[Prompt Calender: May 23rd, Zombie Awareness Month]
Gothic Manor Prompts ♱
paranormal investigator sent to repair clock that runs backwards
portrait with eyes that always seem to look in a different direction every time you look at it
candle that has never been extinguished
garden filled with flowers that have long gone extinct
entering a room that was barred for decades and finding a half finished mug with steaming tea
rooms cleared out or rearranged over night
letters arriving in the mail written in the receiver's handwriting
mirrors that never seem to quite accurately show the reflection
bats squeaking in the attic
[Prompt Calender: May 22nd, World Goth Day]
Magical Ingredients for Tea in your Fantasy World🍵🌿
phoenix's ashes: bitter, burnt taste; grants temporary ability to perceive auras
dried moss scraped from ancient altars: earthy, cold taste; may cause a temporary state of astral projection
crushed dragon scales: spicy and earthy taste; allows for prolonged immunity to magical curses and spells
blood of a unicorn: sickly sweet and metallic taste; health booster, accelerates healing
hellhound bone powder: spicy and ashy; raises tolerance to heat and fire
banshee saliva: salty, medicinal taste; induces visions of coming misfortune and death
dried embermint leaves: sharp and cool taste; gives icy breath for an hour or two
griffin beak powder: dry and nutty taste; makes it hard or even impossible to speak a lie
splinters from a satyr's flute: rich and old taste; grants ability to communicate with animals
pegasus feathers: slightly sweet and light taste; grants ability to see and speak to spirits
basilisk tears: sharp and sticky taste; temporary thermal vision
[Prompt Calender: May 21st, International Tea Day]
Romance with a Class Difference
“Does your mother know you hang around these parts of town?” “Oh, after I told her I was on my way to see her future in-law, she stopped asking questions and began making flower arrangements.”
“You can't just buy me everything I mention in conversation!” “Why not? I have the money.” “Great for you. Doesn't mean I want you to waste it on stuff I don't need.”
“Why don't you just buy a new one?” “Do you know how ridiculous you sound? I don't have that kind of cash laying about.”
“How do you know I'm not just using you for your money?” “Oh, that's alright. After all, I'm just using you for your looks.” “Idiot.” “You started it, my dear.”
“Why did you storm out?” “I felt like an idiot with all your friends looking down on me!”
“You don't get it. People like you don't end up with people like me.” “The ring in my pocket begs to differ.”
“If anyone sees me here-” “Nothing will happen, because you are with me.”
[Prompt Calender: May 20th, National Be A Millionaire Day]