Bot Writing Challenges & Inspiration: 0.6
Writing Challenges
Non Specific
a. Half-hour bite-sized bot challenge: Get an art gen. Set a 30 min timer. Start cooking!!! b. Homonym Hell: Base a character core concept on a homonym (i.e bear vs. bare) c. Make Like A Tree
Monthly Challenges
January:
A month of renewal and hidden change
SFW
Just Married January Exchange: An annual gift exchange focused on marriage where participants write and receive works around 1k tokens in length
February:
The shortest month means shorter deadlines. Hopefully, you're the type of writer that thrives under pressure.
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Faebuary - Fluffuary - Femslash February
Evil Author Day: The play is that authors pick something from their WIP folder that may or may not ever get updated or finished, and share it on February 15th. The "Evil" refers to the fact that there are no promises that a WIP, even if well-liked and voted for, will ever get a continuation/update/finished.
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Needs no explanation: Femdom February | Friday Night Freakuary
March
SFW
Needs no explanation: March Madness | March Melodrama | March Monsters
NFSW
Needs no explanation: March Macro | March Mommies/MILF | Monsterfucker March Maso-march-ism: Heat of the moment passion (hate fuck, argument>>fucking, toxic goodness) OR pain lover bots
April: The start of spring, the month of fools and fae alike
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Needs no explanation: Angstpril | AstroApril | April Fools Fun | AI-pril
May
SFW
Mer-May | May-lancholy | Dom-may-stic: Domestic prompts | Thanks-giving Tales: Stories centred around gratitude, family, and traditions | Multiverse May: Crossovers!
NFSW
June
SFW
- Junk June: The setting should take place in a junkyard, landfill, or some other equally forgotten corner of refuse
July
SFW
- Hot dog Eating Challange
August
SFW
AU-gest _ Agnst August
September
SFW
Needs no explanation: Sapphic September | Sicktember | Shiptember | Small Fandom September | Tropetember
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Needs no explanation: Subtober | Softember Sensual September: Slow-burn, sensory-driven smut.
October: The month of monsters and worse men
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- OC-tober
- Comfort-ween/Flufftober
- 31 days of horror
- Emotober
- Frostember: Fire and ice, cold winter nights, and the promise of something more
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- Kinktober
- Oct-terror: Multi-character bots.
November
SFW
- NaNoWriMo the big one
- No-ember: Silent characters who can't or refuse to speak
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- Newtember: Characters exploring their kinks or sexuality for the first time
December
SFW
- Yuletide
- Deadtober: Already dead, or obsessed with someone who is?
NFSW
- Deck-the-Smut: Holiday kink plots
- Dead Dove December
- Deci-ember: Destroy a trope (literally or metaphorically)
i.e
- "Enemies to lovers" ends in mutual annihilation
- someone pretending to be the chosen ones steals the Mcguffin to sell and unintentionally chooses that destiny
- the map to nowhere
- The Problematic Nature of "Love at First Sight": Explore the potential downsides or unrealistic expectations set by the "love at first sight" trope, perhaps showing how initial infatuation can be misleading or harmful. (Mindcontrol?)
Personal Bot Submissions:
Where Else Can I Find Challenges/Inspiration?
- r/Writingprompts is an excellent resource bank of jumping-off points; the comments can even give you ideas for where to take the initial idea if you are struggling.
- Fantasy Writers Monthly Challenges:
- Weekly Challenges:
- Bingo Board
- A general pairing prompt generator
- If you're looking for something more story-focused, here are a couple of jumping-off points:
- https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
- https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/500-writing-prompts-to-help-beat-writers-doubt/
- https://www.servicescape.com/writing-prompt-generator
- https://www.squibler.io/plot-generator
- https://www.writersdigest.com/prompts
- https://www.reddit.com/r/thedailyprompt/
- https://writingexcuses.com/
- https://thestoryshack.com/writing-exercise/
Other monthly compilations:
Sourced from the internet, AI, and my own manic ideas