dawn.vogel | August 18, 2023
Apparently, I forgot to keep the DefCon One Instagram account prompts on my blog schedule, so I’ve fallen behind. But now, they’re back! Write a piece in which you describe things without using the sense of sight Write a piece about two people putting furniture with a subtext of something else going on between them. […]
dawn.vogel | August 11, 2023
I’m a big fan of random lists, especially as they can be used as writing prompts. So today, here’s a random list generator! By default, it gives you six things, with images. But you can also have it change the number of things it presents, or only get clothing, flowers, or instruments. One way to […]
dawn.vogel | August 4, 2023
If you like writing science fiction, check out this list of 101 sci-fi tropes! Sure, you probably don’t want to write a story that just follows the trope precisely, but this list might spark some ideas on ways to subvert the tropes or blend two or more into an interesting mash-up!
dawn.vogel | July 28, 2023
It’s nearly August (where does the time go?), so it’s time for the August 2023 writing prompts! August is “Smaugust” in the art world, which is a dragon-related challenge. The words in the first column come from @fariis_art‘s Smaugust list for this year. If you want to add another factor to your prompts, keep in […]
dawn.vogel | July 14, 2023
If you’d like a prompt that could lead to some seriously ridiculous stories, think about using some of your spam emails (or snail mail) as a source of inspiration. Here’s just a few ideas you might take from your spam! Imagine the spam email being received by someone who is not a modern human. Have […]
dawn.vogel | July 7, 2023
If you’re looking for some ideas to write a utopian story, check out these prompts! There are some based on text and others based on images, and they’re a fun mix of potential ideas!
dawn.vogel | June 30, 2023
July begins tomorrow, which means today is the perfect day to post my July 2023 prompts! This month’s prompts are mostly randomly generated, but the first column comes from the Kick in the Creatives July art challenge (with minor modifications). This month’s art challenge there is also to draw upside down, so you might think […]
dawn.vogel | June 16, 2023
If you’re looking for unusual writing prompts to take your writing a different direction, check out this list of twenty prompts! There are a lot of fun and unique prompts on the list, especially when you apply a speculative fiction lens to them!
dawn.vogel | June 2, 2023
This week, I’ve got another three writing prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a loan that is worth more than face value. Write a piece about building on the moon. Write a piece that takes place during a lunch break. Follow the DefCon One Instagram for writing prompts roughly every other […]
dawn.vogel | May 26, 2023
It’s almost a week until June begins, but with the way May ends, this is the time for the June writing prompts! This month, I’ve set the WayBack Machine to several old lists of prompts. Column 1 comes from a 2016 6-word writing challenge. Column 2 comes from 2020 writing prompts. And column 3 comes […]
