Due to a suggestion on Writers' Thread I'm giving a go to a monthly writing prompt thread! Basically I'll post a new writing prompt on the first day of every month and you have one month to complete the text and post here!
(Also, if you feel like this thread belongs to character discussion rather than a game feel free to move it - I feel like both forum games and character discussion could be appropriate places for this.)
HOW IT WORKS:
(Image is from Pixabay with CC0 license)
Previous prompts:
2018:
February: Something precious
March: Big news
April: Sea
May: "Can you hear it?"
June: Celebration
July: Sneaking around
August: School
September: Alternative universe
October: Scare
November: "I don't think this is a good idea"
⭐OCTOBER 2018 PROMPT: Scare⭐
In the spirit of Halloween, this month's prompt is scare! Did your character get startled by something? Are they out trick-or-treating?
As always, you're free to interpret the theme exactly as you will, so don't hesitate to get very creative!!
⭐NOVEMBER 2018 PROMPT: "I don't think this is a good idea"⭐
This month's prompt is a sentence! Are your characters doing something dangerous? Maybe someone outright says this line in whatever context?
As always, you're free to interpret the theme exactly as you will, so don't hesitate to get very creative!!
⭐DECEMBER 2018 PROMPT⭐
(Image is from Pixabay with CC0 license)
This month's prompt is an image! Write anything the image makes you think of!
As always, you're free to interpret the theme exactly as you will, so don't hesitate to get very creative!!
Oh ho ho, I'm super late and have no idea if this thread is still being used, but I've finally sort of caught up with the current prompt. XD
I wrote a little something for Zetheriz and Jane, because they were the first characters that came to mind from the picture prompt. Here it is. It has very minor content warnings tagged on it, but nothing very detailed, so it should be good for general audiences.
TheLadyAnatola That's totally fine!!
I decided to sort of abandon this thread after the year changed because submissions were so scarce I thought it was no use doing this anymore, but I'm glad if the old prompts can inspire people to write!
Yeah, I noticed submissions were a little sparse lately, which is a bit of a bummer since I do like seeing all the new prompts each month. I actually have all of them in some placeholder documents for me to work on, although I've only technically finished December and February and March. And when I finished those two it was already months later and I couldn't post them. XD Ah well, it's gotten me to write something even if it's not in a timely manner.
I still keep an eye on this thread, I've just not known what to write for the last couple of months. :) Like I've really liked the prompts but not in an "Eureka, I know what to do with them!" sort of way.
EDIT:
And just as I said that, hello October prompt inspiration.
Something for Hehlel, based on a roleplay scene regarding one of her first run-ins with earthly fauna. Also depicted on this picture which I keep promising myself to digitally remaster one day because it's a cute picture.
I blearily realized that I was curled up in a soft bed. My physical condition had not improved – in fact I felt heavy, as if the blankets piled on top of my body had made their way inside of my brain.
I tried to sit up but could not find enough strength in my arms nor wings to do so. My weak call for help was followed by a scratching noise behind the door to the room. It opened reluctantly by an inch, letting a black paw with claws push it’s way through. I could do nothing but stare. After two more pushes the extremity was followed by a furry black head, a palm’s length from the floor and a slender long-tailed body with a single white spot on it’s chest.
I did not recognize the creature, even as it waddled up to me, mewling in a high-pitched tone. The apparition was unperturbed by my startled protests and defensively fluffed up feathers, clambering up to the bed and repeatedly pushing it’s face against my arm. I was unsure of whether it was sentient or not, as I had had no first-hand experiences with animals besides birds and horses. My attempts at communication had evidently failed, so I settled for caressing the creature’s forehead and back with my finger, to which it replied by laying down and baring it’s stomach, encouraging me with loud purring noises.