It's nearly April, and you know what that means...
A month of drabbles, quick-fire (and longer-form) prompts, and invitations to make things in forms beyond prose.
We're doing something a bit different this year, after all the excitement of the #OFMDCraftFair.
Each week has a theme, and every day its own prompt! Many of them silly, some of them meaty, hopefully something for everyone!
For more info, come join us on bluesky.
Link to all the prompts in spreadsheet form:
Weeks Line-up
[see the graphics above for the daily prompts, alt text provided]
WEEK 1: Drabble Week ⚡ (Tues 1st – Sunday 6th)
Every day we’ll post a grid of nine words for you to use as you wish. Do as many or as few as you like – the world’s your oyster!
WEEK 2: Random Generator Week 🎲 (Monday 7th – Friday 11th)
A staple writing prompt tactic, we invite you to roll the dice with us! Each day has a generator attached which you can use. Or, you can interpret the prompt however you want! [see the spreadsheet above for links]
WEEK 3: Canon Inspo Week 🏴☠️ (Sun 13th – Fri 18th)
Since this is NOT AUpril, we looked to OFMD’s canon for a single word to represent each episode. Each day has three episode prompts (e.g. 13th April is 1x1, 1x2, 1x3). You don’t have to stick to canon with what you create, but let canon inspire you!
WEEK 4: Sensory Week 👃 (Saturday 19th – Wednesday 23rd)
Inspired by the #OFMDcraftfair, this week is a chance to explore the things we love about OFMD with our hands and other parts - through the senses! [see the spreadsheet above for links]
WEEK 5: Form Fuckery Week 🌀 (Friday 25th – Tuesday 29th)
Prose is great, but sometimes it’s fun to shake things up! This week, why not play around with metre, rhyme and layout! Get silly, let it be amateurish - have fun with it!
any medium counts—especially this year!
post your work on—or any time after—the prompt day
do as many (or as few) days as you like
tag your posts #ofmd aupril and use the AO3 collection [link]
rec existing works in reply/reblog of the relevant post
hype others’ works! cheer each other on!
and since we’re mixing things up this year...
try something new! we’re swashbuckling, let’s have fun with it!
Brought to you by @ghostalservice @loopslip @veeagainsttheday and @petrichorca
We hope you’ll join us for a month of silly, off-the-cuff creating! Any questions, just ask.
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