you should see the other guy

“Now, don’t you go anywhere, I’ll be right back with those martinis.”

“Aku cinta kamu.”

not true

rude actually

minimizing a disability

"everyone's a little weird"

true

human brains are very different

not diagnosing random people

This August, join me for the 30 Days Writing Challenge, #Augustrope✨

In which we have a list of various tropes as the writing prompts. While these tropes are commonly used as recurring plot devices in fanfiction, you can also write your original story with them.

For 30 days (August 1st—August 30th, the 31st is the rest day), you can write anything with a different prompt for each day.

Any ship, fandom, characters, genres are welcome. Be it fanfiction or original fiction, just write it!

★★ 2026 Augustrope's Prompt List ★★

Day 1 — First Meeting

Day 2 — They Were Roommates

Day 3 — Beach Episode

Day 4 — ‌Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics

Day 5 — ‌Domestic Fluff

Day 6 — Two People Love Triangle

Day 7 — ‌5 Times This + 1 Time That

Day 8 — Mistaken Identity

Day 9 — Coffeshop AU

Day 10 — Age Regression

Day 11 — ‌Near Death Experience

Day 12 — Enemies-to-Lovers

Day 13 — POV Outsider

Day 14 — There's Only One Bed

Day 15 — Coda/Episode Tag

Day 16 — Relationship Reveal

Day 17 — Hallmark AU

Day 18 — Amnesia

Day 19 — Body Swap

Day 20 — Potion/Spell Goes Wrong

Day 21 — Everyone Knows But Them

Day 22 — ‌Road Trips

Day 23 — Your-Fave-Movie AU

Day 24 — ‌In Vino Veritas

Day 25 — Elevator Fic

Day 26 — Fake/Pretend Relationship

Day 27 — Mutual Pining

Day 28 — ‌Meet The Family

Day 29 — Non-Human Character

Day 30 — Soulmate AU

🖇️ More info about Augustrope

Feel free to tag your work with #Augustrope (and/or #Augustrope2026) so that I can find them.

If you're on AO3, you can also add your work into the Augustrope Collection (Augustrope2026).

If you have any questions regarding the prompt, you can directly interact with this post 🫶🏻

Alec “I Talk with My Hands” Lightwood