30 Day Writing Challenge
Multiple Different Ways to Partake
Edition 1
This edition is designed for those who want to write a new story every day. There's a prompt under each day.
The Rules
1. Write at least 150 words a day. 2. Follow the prompts. 3. Try to write every day! 4. Post them as a reblog (optional but I would love to be tagged) 5. Have fun!
The Timeline
We start on November 1st! (Though if you join late, it's fine)
The Prompts
Day 1: The Lighthouse Keepers' Exchange; An ancient warning carved in glass; Historical Fiction Day 2: Under the City's Crust; Found the map, then the tunnel; Urban Fantasy Day 3: The Sixth Sense of Sam; He smells fear, tastes betrayal; Character Study Day 4: The Last Solar Flare; Everything worked until the light; Dystopian Day 5: A Curator's Confession; This artifact is not what it seems; Mystery Day 6: The Time-Share Clock; Only two minutes to say goodbye; Sci-Fi Day 7: The Barista and the Bard; A small prophecy in the foam; Contemporary Day 8: The Ghost in the Garden; She only appears near the roses; Gothic Day 9: The Perfect Alibi Machine; A foolproof plan, one tiny flaw; Thriller Day 10: The Library of Lost Names; If you read it, you forget them; Fantasy Day 11: My Neighbor, the Spy; Too many newspapers on Tuesday; Contemporary Day 12: The Moon's New Phase; It turned green and started humming; Sci-Fi Day 13: The Unsent Apology; A letter held for twenty years; Personal Drama Day 14: The First Day of the War; The silence before the helicopters; Military Fiction Day 15: The Dream Weaver; She sold him a happy ending; Magical Realism Day 16: The Case of the Missing Shadow; He vanished, but his shadow remains; Mystery/Noir Day 17: A Life on the Rails; The endless rhythm of the journey; Travel/Slice of Life Day 18: The Talking Map; It kept pointing to a trapdoor; Adventure Day 19: The Corporate Kraken; An HR meeting in the abyss; Absurdist Day 20: The Heirloom's Curse; The jewelry demanded a payment; Horror Day 21: The Last Analog Watch; Time stopped for everyone but him; Sci-Fi Day 22: The Underground Farmer; Growing strange things beneath the city; Soft Sci-Fi Day 23: The Sound of the City; A symphony of horns and whispers; Descriptive Day 24: The Clockwork Thief; Stealing time, minute by minute; Steampunk Day 25: The Substitute Deity; The old god went on vacation; Fantasy Day 26: A Memory of Rain; The day the color left the water; Literary Day 27: The Collector of Lasts; He collects final words and moments; Character Study Day 28: The Vengeful Houseplant; It judged every conversation loudly; Comedy Day 29: The Beachcomber's Trove; Found a message not from this world; Speculative Day 30: The Forgotten Language; Only one person can still speak it; Literary/Fantasy
Post Template (Idea)
Date: Day of Challenge: Prompt: Writing: Note(s):
Edition 2
This version is for those who would like to create a full story in 30 days.
The Rules
1. Set your writing goal for how many words you'd like to have by the end. Divide that number by 30. (ex, 50,000/30 = 1667 words/day) 2. Share your writing goal and your progress each day. (optional, but I would love to be tagged) 3. Try to write every day! 4. Have fun!
The Timeline
We start on November 1st! (Though if you join late, it's fine)
Writing Ideas
Credits: 500 Writing Prompts to Help Beat Writer’s Block; 40 GOOD IDEAS FOR BOOKS to Get You Inspired
1. You find strange, muddy footprints leading up to your front door. 2. You hear news of your next-door neighbor vanishing without a trace. 3. One day the national news channel shuts off. And the next day after that, too. 4. You’re driving at night when you can’t help but shake the feeling that there’s a person in your back seat. 5. One day, while you’re in the shower, you hear your front door open and close. “Hey, roomie, I’m home!” Someone shouts. You don’t have a roommate. 6. A strange man living down the street begins leaving presents at your doorstep. 7. The cruise ship is haunted. 8. While working at a clothing store, you’re closing up the shop for the night when you see five men walk in through the front door and lock it behind them. 9. In the near future, climate change has led to the extinction of butterfly and bee pollinators. A small group of teen geniuses band together to develop autonomous, robotic insects to replicate the functions of insect pollination before the global food shortage turns from disastrous to extinction-level. 10. You find out that your best friend’s dad is responsible for the growing number of missing people in your hometown. How do you get everyone to believe you? 11. The climax involves a fire started by one of the good guys 12. The novel's opening involves someone drowning 13. A stranger sits down next to you on a train and gets up, leaving a package behind. Do you investigate the package?
Post Template (Idea)
Date: Progress: [word count]/[goal] Writing: Note(s):
