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Best Prompts of 2024!

Prompt #1089: “Why did you come back?” “Because I forgot something important.” “Oh, what did you forget?” “You, you idiot.”

Prompt #1070: “Sorry I tried to kill you.” “It’s fine, but next time you should try harder.”

Prompt #1103: “Stop following me.” “Oh, do you want me to walk beside you? Maybe hold hands with you?”

Prompt #1101: “I’m not the right person for you.” “You’re doing a bad job of convincing me of that.”

Prompt #1082: “You’re just as bad as I am.” “Oh believe me, I’m much worse.”

Prompt #1099: “Have I ever given up on you?” “No, never.” “Then don’t force me to do it now.”

Prompt #1073: Sometimes guardian angels don’t have a lovely singing voice and a set of fluffy wings, sometimes they have a deep frown on their face and a very bad attitude.

Prompt #1078: “Why do you think that you need to fix me? Who told you I was broken?”

Prompt #1062: “Don’t look at me like that.” “How am I looking at you?” “Like you love me.”

Prompt #1092: “If I had asked, would you have stayed?” “You didn’t ask. So we’ll never know.”

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MILANOTE FOR WRITERS

Please tell me I’m not the only one who is obsessed with organizing my book. Like, I have never been a big plotter, but I like to have my research, mood boards, and character profiles in one place, where I can find them. Most people use Scrivener for this, but as much as I love it for writing, I like to visualize more than scrivener allows me. Plus - the app is really expensive and I have already paid for the desktop version, so I don’t feel like paying for a mobile app.

But what is Milanote?

Imagine your favorite corkboard, except it’s digital and you can access it both from your mobile and computer. Milanote allows you to make and personalize mood boards, to-do lists, write posts, add links to resources, add Spotify playlist, create boards within boards, add photos, and documents, sends you reminders when a certain task has to be done… and much more.

Milanote’s boards are extremely flexible. Besides writing I use it to organize my commissions, school, and finances. The Milanote itself even has plenty of templates for almost everything and I store almost anything in it these days. My family trees, interactive maps, notes, random ideas, character profiles.

It’s super easy to use and perfect if you are looking for something to make your story bible in. The app is available for both ios and android and any computer. You can also invite another person in and share your documents and your notes.

You can also convert your boards to pdf or a word document and download it later.

The only catch probably wood be, that Milanote only allows you to add a maximum of 200 objects for free. If you want more you have to pay a monthly subscription (i think 15 USD a month) - btw. the best purchase I ever made - but maybe the free 200 is enough for you, who knows?

also… did I mention dark mode?

As you write, you will naturally improve. Do not wait until you think you are good enough to start. You are always good enough to start improving.

Finale arcade token

The sizzle of a grill

“If you’re gonna act like a clown, I might as well treat you like one.”

Eavesdropping

“This is the worst plot twist I’ve ever seen.”

Lighthouse

Love letters

Helplessness

“A little makeup will cover it up.”

“You brought a knife?! Here?!”

Coffee rings

Spunk

“Calm down, you cartoon villain.”

Filter

Rusted tool box

Operating room

Compliance

“I’m just waiting for the life in your eyes to return.”

Consume

Flickering lights

“You had it this whole time?”

Eye bags

Missing poster

Stained hands

Novelty keychains

Carnival food

Podcasts

“This place is decorated like an IKEA— not that that’s a bad thing!”

Humanising

Passing the blame

“All summer long, baby. All summer long.”

Also see:

June 2021 writing challenge

Writing challenge masterlist

Prompts masterlist

When you know EXACTLY what goes next but now HOW to write it:

couples who aren’t together just yet ˗ˏˋ꒰ 🐚 ꒱

— “can i come over tonight? is that stupid to ask?”

— “come on, talk to me. when have i ever led you astray, hm?”

— “will you hold my hand?”

— “i want nothing more than to kiss you right now.”

— “you’re always going to be the most beautiful person in the room to me.”

— “i’m so proud of you- you know that, right?”

— “you matter so much to me.”

— “is it okay if i stay at yours tonight? i don’t know if i can stand another night away from you.”

— “just let me love you!”

— “am i dumb for thinking there’s something here? something that could be real?”

— “i’m sorry, but they don’t deserve you.”

— “can we just... can we give this a chance?”

— “i know it’s wrong of me to come crying to you over a date, but i didn’t know where else to go.”

— “you make me feel so safe.”

— “i love you. as more than just a friend.”

List of “idiots in love but are in denial” prompts

“I don’t like them like that. Absolutely fucking not. What the hell?”

“I mean, I’d make out with them but like — platonically, you know?” “…You can’t make out with someone platonically.” “Of course you can! We’ve done it like, so many times before already.” 

“And why do you think I’d ever like them? I have taste.”

“Would I tuck them in bed and kiss them on the forehead? Yes. Would I fuck them in bed and then pepper kisses all over their face? Also yes. But neither of those options have to mean anything.”

“What do you mean I look at them like they’re everything I could ever want? I call bullshit! That’s slander!”

“You’re so cute.” “What?” “I said you look like a sack of shit, fuck you.”

“What do you mean by that? I do not daydream about us getting married and building our dream home in the country side where no one can bother us on a daily basis.”

“…But there’s just no way, right? Me? Liking them? That’s… No.” 

“What? We’re not looking at each other like we’d rather be alone in a private suite than be here with you guys. Don’t be stupid.” “Then stop eye fucking each other for one second.” “But we weren’t? That’s a ridiculous accusation. Friends don’t do that.”

“Shut the fuck up, I don’t care that they’re looking at someone else like they’re in love with them. Why should I care? It’s none of my business.”

Stop judging fic writers for not having perfect spelling and grammar

We write fic for fun, it's for us, we do it as a hobby in our free time.

We're not obligated to edit to an extreme and perfect our spelling and grammar

For some fic writers, English isn't our first language or we're not fluent in it (oh and there are of course the fic writers who don't write in English at all)

We may not have time to edit a fic, especially if we're pressured to it posted by a certain time

If we're posting a short drabble that doesn't even reach 1-2k, hell even if it does reach 1-2k, we may not see a reason to edit it

But people writing longer fics and even multiple chapters aren't obligated to perfect their grammar and spelling either. Most likely we'll revise once, we're not going to through like 5-6 different revisions for a fanfic that we're just having fun with

Fun fact: editing is a bit of a nightmare, especially if English isn't your first language (do not get me started on fic writers who translate their fics from their mother language into English). Rigorously editing can make fic writing less fun if we feel like we have to perfectly edit it each and every time, and writing is for fun, we're supposed to enjoy it (to fellow fic writers: if editing drains you or you feel the need for your grammar to be perfect, it doesn't have to be. Focus more on the writing (the fun part) than you do the editing)

Fic writers aren't bad writers if their spelling and grammar isn't perfect