History That Never Was

It’s almost November–I can feel it in the air! So it’s time for the November 2026 writing prompt list!

The first column is Nocturnal November, and it’s all nocturnal animals! There was one on the list that I hadn’t heard of, so I added a Wikipedia link for that one. If you don’t want to write about animals, you could instead think about the traits that these animals are often attributed, like owls being wise, foxes being tricksters, etc., and use those as your inspiration.

The second column is from a list just titled November Prompts, and it’s got a variety of autumn and cozy vibes words.

The third column is the Doodlewash November 2026 prompts, and they also have some autumn and cozy vibes words, but also a handful of words that don’t fit neatly into either of those categories.

There a few places where columns 2 and 3 overlap, and I’ve marked those with asterisks. As always, do what you like when those instances come up! There’s one day where the words in both of these two columns are repeated in the opposite column, so if you like to skip the duplicates, I’d skip “raindrop” in column 3, because “rain” was in column 2 the day before! Then again, raindrop and rain could inspire two very different pieces!

Check back on the last Friday of each month (or occasionally the first day of a new month, when that falls on a Friday) for my History That Never Was writing prompts!

Day	Word 1	Word 2	Word 3
1	Owl	Bee	Mop
2	Bat	Tea	Anniversary
3	Raccoon	Basket	Frame
4	Moth	Full Moon	Snail
5	Hedgehog	Cats	Cornhusk doll
6	Fox	Soup	Slip
7	Skunk	Fairytale	Lipstick
8	Opossum	Smile	Bridge
9	Kiwi bird	Mist	Fright
10	Firefly	Cabin	Roadway sign
11	Tree frog	Hot chocolate	Play
12	Aye-aye	Rain *	Speaker
13	Toad	Mittens *	Raindrop *
14	Leopard gecko	Hibernating	Goal
15	Gray wolf	Apple pie	Home
16	Coyote	Cuddle	Flight
17	Hyena	Starry night	Mum
18	Porcupine	Scarf	Rivet
19	Ferret	Mountain	Jewel
20	Hamster	Leaves	Comfort
21	Mole	Shadow	Blaze
22	Python	Tent	Stripes
23	Koala	Thankful *	Chimney
24	Chameleon	Music	Mitten *
25	Lynx	Candle	Certified
26	Tarantula	Cozy	Thankful *
27	Capybara	Window	Game
28	Jaguar	Knit sweater	Glowing
29	Mouse	Book	Polar
30	Sugar glider	Frost	Wire

Tags: fun for friday, november, writing prompts

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