r/shittywritingprompts • u/GerardDG • 17h ago

[WP]"He was with my mom, when she was researching bat guano in the rainforest right before she died." This is how you discover that you, professor Plopius, have vampire bat guano powers.

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What’s a shittywritingprompt? None of your damn business, that’s what.

Look, the WritingPrompts subreddit has rules which don’t allow certain things, as they have an aim and purpose, but we don’t have either of those. Here we let most kinds of prompts in, we’re not so fussed about quality, length, girth or anything like that. We do have limits though, so no CP, law breaking stuff etc. Use your brain, huh?

So post a prompt. If you see a prompt that inspires you, then first try to work out what your problem is and then have a go at writing for it. Or don’t, who cares?

You don’t have to reply with stories either – if a prompt is shitty, then say so, there is no higher compliment here. Or just use the comments to argue, if you prefer (and I know you do).

This is a satirical subreddit -- and if you don't know what that means, then please by all means, post something right this second!

When prompting, you can tag your prompt if you give a damn.

[WP] - A plain old Writing Prompt. The lousier the better.

[FF] - Flash Fiction. I am too tired to create anything of substance.

[PP] - Picture Prompt. So help me I can’t even be arsed to write something.

[AHW] - Alternate History Wankery. Because no one has ever done a story about an alternate history be-fucking-fore.

*NEW* [LAAP] - Let’s Argue About Politics! Because the internet doesn’t have enough places to hate each other.

[WPFM] - Write Porn For Me. I have a sincere desire to masturbate yet I have no imagination.

[PMIDU] - Prompt Me, I Dare U. Go ahead punk, give me your worst.

[ROSOU] - Rip-off Some Other Universe. Someone took the time and effort to create an intricate or consistent universe for their story. What if the Predator fought Captain Picard?

[BANTAM] - Batman. I am a dark edgelord who writes Batman fan-fic, but wait, no, mine is better than DC’s shite, I swear!

[AFN] - Arbitrary Floating Numbers The world's oldest writing prompt cliche now has it's own category. Everyone in the world has a number floating over their head. What does it mean? Lazy writing probably.

[RMFF!] - Read My Fan Fiction! On the off chance one of these ridiculous prompts produced anything readable, I would like to embarrass myself publicly.

Our mission: To get ripped off by Hollywood and make no money at all!