Dramatize a defining moment in the backstory of one of your D&D characters.
Source: Me
| # of Words | 2839 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 3 |
Verseth loses another fight to the kids in the Community, and her Tent Guardians attempt to help her understand why using brute strength does not work for her.
Write a five-sentence story.
Source: Modification of the following prompt: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 255 |
| # of Drafts | 3 |
| Genre | Science Fiction (FanFiction – Cyberpunk 2077) |
| Hours | 1 |
Vi’s in the last stretch of a job that will score her a body mod—her first ever body mod—but is the increasing density of red neon lights a portent of what awaits her?
Write a story about avoiding someone.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 1474 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | General |
| Hours | 1.25 |
Lonnie avoids her boyfriend Dave all week, putting off an important question she doesn’t want him to ask her.
Write a story about an unexpected visit.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 554 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Hours | 1 |
I slammed the door in an unexpected visitor’s face today.
Dramatize the backstory of an NPC your D&D players will meet.
Source: Me
| # of Words | 1900 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 1 |
Hlin Trollbane, a grizzled mercenary, gets her asked kicked by a bunch of young thugs, and she contemplates what her age means for her current job to take down the serial killer, Sephek Kaltro.
Write a one-sentence story.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 82 |
| # of Drafts | 3 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 1 |
“Oh very well,” Sephia, the Demoness of Delectable Delights, said, impatiently snatching from a young baker the offered ringed pastry drizzled with some sort of glossed brown substance, “and because your mewling amuses me, I will give this last morsel a bite before incinerating everyone for failing to provide an adequate”—sweet, fluffy, airy, decadent, delectable, perfection—”offering . . . this, this delicious offering shall suffice for today, and maybe, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, for all the other days I visit?”
Write a story where a character eavesdrops on a private conversation.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 1363 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 1 |
Wedged under her brother’s bed, Melina eavedrops on her parents in the kitchen below. Her Papa argues she shouldn’t be allowed to go off to the city to learn while her Momma argues the opposite.
Write a story that takes place, in whole or in part, up a tree.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 2863 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 2.5 |
Oeco and Phylla, Weavhen foragers, scavenge a bird’s nest for eggs, and encounter a scouting party of acid ants.
Write a piece of flash fiction using what you’ve learned about the MICE quotient. Choose a who, where, genre, and object to center your story around.
Source: Mary Robinette Kowal
| # of Words | 417 |
| # of Drafts | 2 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Hours | 1 |
Who: Witch
Where: Potion Shop
Genre: Fantasy
Object: Cauldron
Greta just can’t quick get this potion mixture right, even after one-hundred and sixteen attempts. Perhaps the one-hundred and seventeenth attempt will succeed?
Write a story that dramatizes something ordinary.
Source: r/thedailyprompt
| # of Words | 868 |
| # of Drafts | 1 |
| Genre | General |
| Hours | 0.5 |
Nnedi and a group of assembled patriots get ready to overthrow the government.
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