#OC writing prompts

[promptsforthestrugglingauthor]

Writing Prompt #3008

"You're delusional."

"And you're a bitch. Any other obvious things we want to point out?"

[nunyverse-scribe]

Love Language Writing Prompts Part 1: Words of Affirmation

“I find it hard to say ‘I love you,’ so instead I say…”

“You look really pretty today.”

“You inspire me every day to be better.”

“Your smile brightens my day.”

“If I were to say my favorite thing about you… it’d be your [insert thing(s)].”

“You have value, don’t let anyone ever convince you otherwise.”

“You’re so talented, it amazes me.”

“I wrote a poem/song about you, I hope the lyrics convey how I feel right.”

“I am so grateful you are my friend.”

“Thank you for being in my life.”

“I love the sound of your laugh.”

“You’re so easy to be myself around.”

“I love watching you do something you’re passionate about—the light in your eyes is just so beautiful.”

“Please continue talking.”

“Have I ever told you how funny I find your jokes?”

“Can I kiss you?”

[imagoddamnonionmason]

Illness and Injury Writing Prompts

Send in an emoji prompt and some characters and I’ll write something for them!

😷 - to have one character come down with an illness and another to find them hiding it.

💊 - to have one character try and give medication to another character, only for it to be refused.

🤕 - for one character to have come down with a cold but they’re being very dramatic about it.

😵‍💫 - one character is suffering dizzy spells!

🤧 - one character cannot stop sneezing!

😶‍🌫️ - for one character to run a bath for the other!

😪 - one character finds the other asleep on the sofa, tissues strewn about and looking sick.

🧑‍⚕️ - for characters to see each other in the doctors surgery.

🦵 - for one character to help the other limp their way into A&E following a silly accident that should have been harmless. They may be arguing.

🏥 - for the characters to see each other at hospital when they said they were somewhere else!

🤒 - for one character to find the other with a raging fever!

🫂 - for one character to comfort the other during an illness.

🚑 - for one character to be rushed into Hospital.

🩸 - for a character to reveal having a blood test scares them.

🩻 - for a character to have an X-ray (specify whether results are good or bad).

🧸 - for an older character to take care of a child character.

🪦 - for a character to receive grave news regarding a loved one.

Feel free to add more to this list in a reblog, the more input the wider the choices.

Some are lighter than the others, but it’s nice to have a mix in there!

[heyitslapis]

When your OCs are nervous to meet each other's parents/family for the same fear (what if they hate me?) but for opposite reasons

[ros-writing-prompts]

Character A: climbing pipes and jumping through windows to get into B's house because that's what they're used to

Character B: finds them and walks them back out through the front door and tells them to come in through the front door this time

[laurendoessomewriting]

Taylor

Questions from this post!

What motivates your character? Taylor is mainly motivated by the need to see everyone around her being happy and fulfilled. However, she doesn't let that need overpower her own needs, and she makes sure to fill her cup before pouring into others. She's also motivated by the desire to find a partner/Dom who fits well with her and who she can build a full, healthy relationship with. She really wants a family one day, so most of what she does also feeds into paving the way for that want to become a reality.

How does the public view them? Most people view Taylor as being a perpetual optimist, which she usually is. She's also viewed as being a talented English teacher who cares deeply about her students. Taylor is also viewed as being a good and competent sub, someone who is both fun and safe to play with in either casual/one-time or ongoing dynamics.

Is your character an optimist or pessimist? Taylor is definitely an optimist. She tries to see the good in people and situations, even when there doesn't seem to be much good to be found. But she's not blindly optimistic, she does know that the world really sucks sometimes and that some people are dealt really shitty hands, but she does her best to make the world around her a little better for herself and everyone in it.

Does your character care about their reputation and/or how others perceive them? Taylor does care about her reputation, probably more than she reasonably should. In her professional life as a teacher, she wants to be perceived as someone who cares about her students and the girls she coaches in volleyball, as well as she wants to be seen as both a competent teacher and coach. In her personal life as a friend and daughter, she wants to be seen as someone who's dependable and caring. In her private life as a sub, she wants to be seen as a reliable educator in the local kink community, and as someone who is safe to play with.

Is your character more of a family or friends person? Taylor tends to balance her friend-family life pretty well. She loves her family (she and her parents call themselves the three musketeers, and she gets on well with most of her extended family as well), and she loves her friends (both her kinky and non-kinky friends. she tends to keep the two separate, for the most part).

What, if anything, sticks out about their appearance? The only thing that really sticks out about Taylor's appearance is that she's petite, about 5'4" and 125 lbs. She also has pale blonde hair, but there's nothing that super sticks out about her appearance.

Is your character good with kids? Taylor is very good with kids, both with the kids (high school students) that she teaches and coaches, and also her friends' kids (namely Thomas and Amanda's child(ren)).

What are some internal obstacles that your character has to overcome? Taylor frequently has to overcome her anxiety in order to live her life as fully as she wants to. It took her a while to get into the kink community, mostly because she kept feeling anxious about being an "outsider" trying to "break into" the community. But she's on medication and in therapy to try to curb the worst of it.

What emotion does your character feel most frequently? Before the story proper, Taylor experiences a lot of anxiety and worry about various things. During the story, she experiences a lot of happiness and contentment, especially once she and Elliot start dating.

If your character is an antagonist or something of the like, do they self-justify their actions? If so, how? Taylor isn't an antagonist, and she rarely does things that could be considered questionable. But she does try to rationalize a lot of her behaviors, even the 'normal' ones, mostly because of her anxiety.

What events in their past helped shape and influence them into who they are today? Well, there's a lot. There's her education, graduating from high school and undergrad and then eventually going on to get her masters and one day her PhD in education. There's also her entry into the local kink community, and meeting Thomas, who she had her first BDSM scene with. There's her last relationship before she meets Ben and then Elliot, which wasn't a great relationship for her. She doesn't really have a whole lot of negative experiences that have shaped her life, she knows that she's very lucky to have been shaped by good experiences.

What are some of your character's pet peeves? Taylor is a stickler for spelling and grammar, especially as an English teacher. She also can't stand people chewing with their mouths open, or when people are jerks to kids or animals or are jerks to anyone, really.

Okay, I hit the text character limit with this post so I need to do another one for Taylor. I'll probably have to do multiple posts for all of my characters, oops.

[rae-butter]

Honestly, I love it when characters relapse. When someone who’s gotten over their anger issues falls into a situation so out of their depth they fall back on their old habits. When someone who’s learned to open up becomes a recluse again in order to cope with something outside their control.

There’s just something so horrible, so toxic, about watching a character grow and then slip back into their old selves in order to cope, bc you know they still care, that they’re the same inside, but watching them hurt so hard they don’t know what else to do brings a sense of catharsis.

[urfriendlywriter]

smutty prompts cus u asked for it ;)

(holy shii, MDNI please! feel free to use<333 tag me when yall write plsss especially 3! 6, 9,10, 12, 13 fckk. !!)

"that's my good girl."

when they're groaning and cursing into your ear >>>> [very demureee.]

"fuck, you're soaking wet for me, baby."

their fingers curling into all the right places.

leaning back with their legs spread apart as they ask, with a smirk, "are you just going to stare, sweetheart?"

"that's," they groan, pressing their visible bulge over your stomach, "that, darling, is what you do to me."

"do you wish to see me on my knees? Is that it, darling?" [YES. yes. AND YES.]

your heel on their chest, pressing them down to the floor. "Beg. Maybe I'll consider."

^ they kiss ur ankle, and up your calves. "Please, baby.." the desperate tone but that dominant, humiliating fire in their gaze promising something sinister after.

"aren't you such a tease? I'm jerking off to that picture of you, and it's all your fault." [yall read rina kent' books?? rina verse men jerking off>>> fck Aiden and Ronan.]

their fingers tipping ur chin up, caressing your jaw and their thumb slowly parts your lips, dipping it into your mouth!!

^ "that pretty little mouth of yours..." followed by a dark gaze or a chuckle!!! FVKFKDKF.

^ "I'm going to fuck that mouth, baby. may i do that?" [two hands the phone yall]

their proud, predatory gaze on you, their lips curling into a smirk, "you--" they rub the lipstick on your mouth, "are such a pretty mess for me, darling."

"eyes open. keep looking."

^ and in the mirror--it's their large hand splayed across your abdomen, another wrapped around your perking nip. as they thrust into you, hard, slow, deep. their teeth sinking into ur neck.

maintaining eye contact as they gather the wetness from between your legs with their fingers and they're sucking them off with a satisfied hum.

^ "fuck, sweetheart." they smear it all over their lips, breathing heavy, and lean down to kiss you with it!!? [sad core cus i aint experience this yet :']

neck grabs, deep grunts, a desperate rolling of their hips against yours, "you wanna cum, yeah? cum for me, baby."

arms over their head, mouth gaping while they groan, pressing and thrusting themselves up into you. "Just, like that, oh.. god."

[luna-azzurra]

Let the Reader Know Something the Character Doesn’t

This is how you make readers scream at the book. Let them know the murder is waiting just beyond the door. Let them see the traitor slip poison into the drink. Let them watch helplessly as the character walks into a trap. The best tension isn’t just about surprise, it’s about dread.

[thenomadicquill]

Your Protagonist is a Liar. If your story follows only the main character, we see things how they see them. A main character is an unreliable storyteller, if they mean it or not. We, just like the MC, aren't in other characters' minds. So, moments are misinterpreted. Your main character sees the world through their own biases. We only know the main character's impressions of the side characters, and the villains. We read only their perception of these characters.

That doesn't make them a villain, its normal. It's realistic and purely understandable. They can't fill gaps of information simply because they weren't there. So, they make assumptions, they make judgements, they remember things incorrectly. Memory isn't perfect, details are changed or forgotten. It's only natural.

Let your protagonist lie. Maybe they don’t even realize they’re doing it. Maybe they do. See what happens.

[euthymiaaa]

— slow burn for friends to lovers˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

aaaa slow burn man, enjoy LOL

delicate hugs, but they linger longer the more both of you do it

"why are you staring? is there something on my face?"

gently pushing their hair behind their ear to see their face better

handholding where your hands are intertwined tightly with theirs

late night calls where one of you accidentally falls asleep

them reading you like an open book, especially knowing when you're going through difficult times

"i can't imagine who i'd be without you in my life"

wanting more physical affection yet you don't want to overstep

yearning to constantly be in their presence

platonic sleepovers that somehow ends up with you waking up with their arms around you

buying matching jewelry, but it doesn't mean anything right?

getting extremely worried when they get physically hurt

memorizing their coffee/tea order so you can buy it for them every morning

"you're so oblivious aren't you"

accidentally staring a bit too long at their lips

watching your favorite movies together

singing your favorite love song to them as if you are truly dedicating the song to them

"you drew stars around my scars" (cardigan by taylor swift)

feeling like your complete self when you're with them

sharing each other's clothes (especially hoodies)

hearing rumors that they have a crush and desperately hoping that it is you who they are crushing on

the urge to confess to them whenever you see them, yet you fear losing them

"what are we to each other?"

[nunyverse-scribe]

Love Language Writing Prompts Part 3: Gift-Giving

“It’s hard to say ‘I love you’ so instead I…”

Pick up or grab cool trinkets for a loved one that loves building.

Purchase an item they noticed their friend eying the whole time while at the store.

Baking fav treats for a loved one when the loved one is sick/sad/etc.

Buy books related to a loved one’s specific interest(s) all the time.

A jewelry making character making a necklace with something reminiscent of them/the receiver/their dynamic with the receiver.

Parent characters getting the puppy for their kid.

Parent character purchasing classes for their kid that is really interested in honing a specific talent.

Pick up rocks or sticks or leaves they find that they think their loved one might like.

A child character making a cute card for their caretaker.

A caretaker character building a treehouse for their kid.

Getting a loved one their favorite snack that they haven’t had in a while.

An older sibling gifting to a younger sibling a childhood toy they really loved and cherished (and the little sibling taking extra great care of it).

A seamstress character taking old clothes of a loved one and turning it into either a big beautiful quilt or a new piece of clothing.

A character gifting a loved one a bike or skates or something in order to teach them how to do that thing.

Character that gives gifts to a loved one that is fighting back from relapse for every month that they are clean.

[dream-beyond-the-fantasy]

Do I write for my Doctor Who/Sarah Jane Adventures OC Molly or one of the Harry Potter OCs that I haven't written yet for Prompt-oween Day 7's ghost story prompt?

[loveisanimaginarydagger3000]

Phrases/Actions that make me drop to my knees, ready to submit.

All 18+ Prompts- Please tag me if you use any cause I wanna read filth :)

“That’s it, fuck, that’s a good girl/boy.”

“You’re mine.”

“Is this ok?” As they stare up at you from in between your legs. (Consent is so fucking hot and important)

“Do that again- Shit, just like that, right there.”

Ghosting their lips against yours before pulling back with a smug smirk, making you chase them desperately.

Dragging one of their nails down the side of your neck and then middle of your chest.

“Please mark me, I want everyone to know I’m yours.”

“Spread your legs baby, that’s it… Wider.”

When they murmur pure filth into your ear while they’re touching you.

Fucking someone so good that they struggle to kiss you back.

Hands desperately clutching at one another, gasping into each other’s mouths as if you were starved of one another.

“On your knees.” While their fingers thread through your hair, guiding you onto the floor.

Smirking into a kiss/against your skin when you whimper at their touch.

“My little slut to ruin.”

Interlocking your fingers above your head while making out passionately.

Pulling them closer by the collar of their shirt or their belt.

“I’m yours. Only yours.”

“You’re in no position to tease baby, remember that.”

Soft, lazy kisses and innocent touches that turn bolder and more sinful as you just can’t resist each other.

“This is wrong.” “So wrong.” While continuing to pull at each others clothes, mind fogged with nothing but lust and arousal.

Want a Part 2?

[ros-writing-prompts]

Main character who is dead set on believing they are the comedic relief side character

[laurendoessomewriting]

Ben

Questions from this post!

What motivates your character? Ben is motivated by a lot of things. He's motivated by his love of craft beer, and his love of BDSM, as well as a general kindness for everyone because of the grief he's still experiencing after his mom's death. He's also motivated by a want to reconnect with his father, who left Ben and his mother when Ben was young.

How does the public view them? (Doesn't have to be anything major, it could be classmates, friends, strangers in the park, etc.) People probably view Ben as having a little bit of a "bad boy" aesthetic, but he's really a boy next door type with a Dominant streak.

Is your character an optimist or pessimist? For all that Ben probably could be a pessimist, he tends to have a glass-half-full point of view on most things.

Does your character care about their reputation and/or how others perceive them? The only things Ben really cares about is that the local kink community thinks he's a good person and Dom, that his friends think he's a good and reliable friend, and that he's known as being a qualified professional in his work life.

Is your character more of a family or friends person? Ben doesn't really have much in the way of family after his dad left when he was young and his mom died when he was 19 or 20. He might have a couple of distant uncles, but that's it. Ben has always had great friends, though. He's always been close with his best friend and fellow Dom, Elliot, and his mentor and another fellow Dom, Robert.

What, if anything, sticks out about their appearance? Ben is tall, probably around 6' tall. He also tends to wear a lot of leather jackets, he has several different styles, so he tends to have a "bad boy"/biker dude aesthetic. Besides that he's rather ordinary looking.

Is your character good with kids? Ben hasn't really been around many kids in his adult life, so he doesn't know. He does meet Thomas and Amanda's kid(s) though, and they seem to like him well enough, and everyone seems to think that he'd be good with kids.

What are some internal obstacles that your character has to overcome? Ben has anxiety, social anxiety, which makes it really hard to run a brewery, even though he does an amazing job with it, even the social aspect. So he's always working on that. And he's still working through the grief of his mom's death. It's been ten years, and anniversaries of her death have always been hard for him.

What emotion does your character feel most frequently? An emotion that Ben has felt most frequently over the past 10 years is grief. He's in therapy about it, and has been for most of the past 10 years, but it still knocks him down sometimes, especially on the anniversary of his mom's death.

If your character is an antagonist or something of the like, do they self-justify their actions? If so, how? Ben isn't an antagonist, but when he was first grieving his mom's death, he did/said a lot of shitty things to people, and he tried to use his grief to justify said shitty actions. Luckily he met Elliot and Robert, who made him realize that just because he's grieving doesn't mean he gets a free pass to be shitty to other people.

What events in their past helped shape and influence them into who they are today? Ben's dad left him and his mom when he was young, about 5 or 6 years old. It was Ben's birthday, and his dad left to "go get milk" to go with his birthday cake or something and he just never came back. Ben's parents went through a formal divorce process, but Ben personally never saw his dad again until he was 31 or 32. Also, Ben's mom died when he was 19 or 20, so that grief definitely changed him, as he was definitely a mama's boy. Meeting Elliot and Robert and getting into the local kink community also changed him, definitely for the better, because he learned so much about himself and how to express those parts of himself.

What are some of your character's pet peeves? Ben gets peeved by people talking over other people and ignoring what others have to say, as well as when people are jerks to other people. He also hates when people don't use their blinkers while driving.

Who is the closest person to your character? Elliot and Robert.

How did they become so close? Robert was Elliot and Ben's mentor when they were first getting into BDSM and the local kink community. Elliot and Robert helped Ben get his act together after his mom died, and helped turn him into the man and Dom he is today by being super supportive of him and stepping in as the family he didn't really have.

What habits does your character have? Good habits - Ben works out regularly, partially because of the physical benefits, but also because of the mental health benefits. Ben is a bit of a neat freak, and he keeps his space very clean and tidy as a result.

What is your character's relationship with their family? Ben doesn't have much in the way of blood family. His dad left when he was young and Ben doesn't try to seek him out until he's in his early 30s, when he feels like he's finally over his anger at his dad for leaving him and his mom. Ben tries to repair that relationship, but then he comes to realize his dad is just an asshole and he doesn't want him involved in his life. Ben's friends, especially Elliot, Robert, and eventually Taylor, and even more eventually Drew, become his family.

Overall, is there anything special or peculiar about your character compared to others in your story? Not really. Ben is really the only character who's covered in tattoos, or mostly covered.

Who/what comforts your character? Elliot and Robert and usually the first people Ben turns to for comfort, but he's also found that a good cry, ice cream, and reruns of his favorite tv show/movie also do the trick.

Summarize your character's goals in one sentence. Ben wants to be the best friend, craft beer guy, and Dom that he can be.

Who's in the way of those goals? The only one who gets in the way of Ben's goals is Ben himself. He has a hard time believing he deserves the good things in life, even though his friends are eventually able to convince him that he does deserve those things.

What is your character's relationship with their emotions? Ben has a good relationship with his emotions now, but it wasn't always that way. He struggled with his grief a lot, and sometimes on anniversaries it still overwhelms him. But for the most part he's pretty balanced, emotions-wise.

What regrets do they have, if any? (From any part of the story, not just exposition.) Ben's only regret is that he wasn't there when his mom died. It was very sudden, probably an accident of some kind, but he didn't find out until after she had already passed.

If your character is at a loud, people-filled party, how would they act? Ben has social anxiety, so he'd probably be in a corner chatting with the one or two people he knows at the party, or he'd be hanging out with the party-thrower's dog, if there's a dog present.

From childhood to their current age, how has your character changed? Ben has gone from being someone who was very reliant on his mom to someone who is able to overcome obstacles on his own (with the support of his friends). He still has anxiety, always has, probably always will, but he's also come a long way in trying to overcome that.

What is the main setting of your story and how does it impact your character? The main setting of the story is the kink club The Space. Ben spends a lot of time there once he moves back to the city, both as a hangout spot and as a place that he and Taylor (and eventually he and Drew) have most of their scenes.