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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This #WritingPrompt is about monsters. They don't have to be giant to be scary. Maybe try giving an everyday item some monster qualities, eyes, teeth, a long tongue, a desire to eat flesh. See if you can make an object frightening. #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Make it a Monster
Find an object near you. Perhaps a
pen, a notebook, your computer, etc. Now
imagine that object as a living thing.
A monsterous living thing. Perhaps some
kind of mimic, or Eldritch terror.

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner beside a glittering wooden chest.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This week's #writingprompt is 🔥. Your poem or story (or whatever else you do) should center fire, flames, heat. Any size, any context. As always, feel free to share your work in the comments if you like. #WritingSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday
That's Hot, written with a red outline font

Write a story, or poem that has
fire. Up to you how big the fire is
maybe it’s some candles, or a roaring
fire, or maybe your characters
explore the surface of the sun?

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner next to a campfire.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This #WritingPrompt sets the start of the story/poem for you. You can reword it, but start with someone watching a funeral from a distance. Consider Who are they? Why are they there? How do they know the deceased? Good Writing. #WritingSky #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday
First Image
A lady in black stands hidden by a tree
observing the funeral.
Typey, our typewriter mascot in front of a tombstone that reads RIP Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt is a date. Imagine 2 (or more)people on a first date. Consider where they meet up, and how did they arrange the date? Through an app, maybe it was arranged by friends or family, or some other method? #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday
First Date

Write the story of a first date.
Who are the characters?
How did they first get set up?
Is it a good date, or a bad one?

Typey, our cute typewriter mascot in the corner with some flowers.
Red heart shapes floating around the post

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt is more non-fiction, think back about a time you felt joy. What did that look like? If you feel more comfortable writing fiction, that works too. #writingcommunity #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Find Your Joy
Think of a time you felt joy.
What were you doing? Who were you with?
Are you able to replicate that joy?
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This #WritingPrompt is less of a prompt and more of an assignment, one I got many years ago in a writing class. After you have around 5 pages worth of quotes, and definitions of interesting words, go back and read some of them. Try to add 1 new thing a day. #writingcommunity #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Journal of Quotes
Get a notebook, a journal, or use your
notes app. Whenever you find a quote
from a book, or a poem, or an unnusual word
write it down. Keep this journal with you as you
fill it. You never know what can inspire you
later on.

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner with a lavender notebook, and a pencil.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Write a poem or a story about a potluck, a gathering when people bring one dish of food each, so no one person has to cook everything. Why are they gathering? How are they related? Is it a friend group? A family? Maybe a school PTA potluck or religious group. Consider the characters. #writingprompt

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Potluck

Write a story about a potluck.
Who’s bringing what dishes?
What sort of unspoken rules does the
group have? Why are they organizing?

Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner beside some pasta salad, broccoli mac and cheese bake, and fruit salad.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This week the #writingPrompt is futuristic. Imagine a new technology hitting the market. What sort of tech is it? Something in medicine? Communication? Entertainment? Imagine a cool technology, and figure out what sort of consequences and benefits that technology may have on the world.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This week's #writingprompt is from the future. Write about a character who can see glimpses of what's going to come. Whether they're legit or faking it is up to you. Consider what kinds of tools they may use, and the rules of their power they have. #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - I Foresee
Write a story, or a poem about
a psychic and/or medium. It can be from
the perspective of someone seeing a psychic
or from the POV of the psychic. Are they
feeling the universe, or are they faking it?

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner with a crystal ball and tap's third eye open.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This week's #writingprompt is a hot one. Start in a heatwave. Consider the types of stories you can tell in extreme heat, and the complications the heat can cause. How will the characters deal with the heat? #writingcommunity #queerwriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Heatwave
Write a poem or story that
happens during a heatwave.
Consider the complications that
come with extreme heat. Power outages,
heat stroke, things melting outside, etc.
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This week's #writingprompt is toxic. Begin with a bottle of poison and see where the story goes from there. What kind of poison is it, and who is using it? Remember that not all poisons are intended to be lethal. #queerwriters #writingcommunity #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday
That Poison?
Write a story that starts with a bottle
of poison. Consider who is poisoning whom,
why they’re doing it, and how? Not all poison is
meant to kill. Sometimes poisons are used for
benefits.

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner with a bottle of green liquid with a skull on it.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This week's #writingprompt is a story within a story. Having a storyteller and people listening can provide you ways to move through the plot in unusual ways. Things to consider, who is the storyteller, who is the audience, and what kind of story are they telling? #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Story Time
A character telling a story can be
a great framework for the plot.
Think The Princess Bride. The storyteller
and the people listening can interject
questions, and comments into the story
to allow a flow through the plot.
Typey, our typewriter mascot with a blue book.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt is flirty. How they decide to meet up for a date is up to you. Maybe they hit it off on an app, or did what their ancestors did and asked someone out in person? If you're into romcoms, or horror, a first date can be a great jumping point into a story. #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday
-First Date
Write a poem or story centering
two (or more) characters going on
a date. What sort of activities
a dinner date? The movies? Hiking (for some reason)
How did they first talk to set up a date?

Typey, our cute typewriter mascot, in the corner with hearts.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt is everchanging. Let's talk about shapeshifters. Imagine a character, for whatever reason, gained the power to change their form. What sort of conditions need to be met? What sort of consequences are there to shifting? #Typey #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Who are you?
A blue slightly gradient background with light blue wave lines running through.

Write about a character who is
a shapeshifter. Able to shift and change
their apperance at will. How can they do that?
What conditions need to be met?
What sort of complications do these
powers come with?

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt is a little one. Imagine a character who gets shrunken down. How do they navigate their once familiar world now? How do they get around? How do they try to get someone's attention for help? What everyday things become dangerous obstacles? #WritingSky

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Honey! I Shrunk the Kids
Write a character(s) who, for whatever
reason end up miniature. Maybe it’s a
science experiment gone wrong, or some
strange magic. Either way, they’re tiny now,
and need to navigate their familiar surrounding
while being like 6 inches tall (their exact height
is up to you)

Typey, our cute typewriter mascot is much smaller than normal, and beside a pencil that's taking up most of the bottom of the image.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This #writingprompt is invisible. Imagine a character who lives a normal life, until one day they wake up invisible. What are the rules of this power? Can they turn visible, if so, how easily can they do it? Consider how different their life will be with this sudden power. #Typey #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Invisible (written in an outline font)

Write a story where a character
wakes up one day, completely invisble.
What the rules are to this new power are
up to you. Why are they invisible? Can
they turn visible again? Does anyone even notice?

Typey, our typewriter mascot, slightly translucent, almost invisible.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This #writingprompt is about personality. There are plenty of theories on what shapes personality; astrology, blood types, genetics, and more. Feel free to pick one or more of these, and pick one of their archetypes and see if you can make a character around them. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Personality Test
There are plenty of theories on what shapes
your personality. From Astrology to Blood Type
to whatever corporate offices make employees do.
Pick one or two of these theories, and
randomly pick one of them to base a
character around.

Imagine a B- Virgo or an AB+ INTP

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt may be inspired by a real-life injury. Imagine a character, and how they may respond to being hurt. Do they brush it off and have complications later on? Do they lay in bed for weeks for a minor injury? Entirely up to you how your character reacts to an injury. #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - It Hurts
Write a character who suddenly gets
injured. How severe, recovery time, and
if it even heals completely is up to you.
How does this character handle being
hurt? How does this injury affect their
daily life?

Typey, our cute cartoon typewriter mascot in the corner with a bandage on.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This week's writing prompt is about office jobs. But not any old office, write about an interesting office. An Interdimensional Customs Office, or the Department of Magical Artifacts, or any other interesting office you can think up. #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Strange Offices
Write a story in an office. But not just
any old office, make it interesting.
An office of magical affairs, or an
office of the afterlife. Blend the exciting
and new with the bland officework.

Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner with a red stapler.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This #WritingPrompt is perfect. Or rather, about perfect society. Imagine your version of a utopia, and write about a character in this utopia. Is it actually perfect, or are their issues with it we don't see right away? #Typey #QueerWriters #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Utopia
Imagine what a perfect world may look like
write a scene in this world.
What makes it perfect? Is it
actually perfect, or are there some
problems beneath the surface?
Who is the utopia built for?

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This prompt is about robots. Write a story, or a poem from the perspective of a robot. What kind of robot, or program is up to you. Maybe it's a construction robot, or a sentient AI that's forced to generate images of whatever people demand, up to you. #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity

Writing Prompt Wednesday
I, Robot?
Write a story from the perspective of a robot
this can be a modern machine, a futuristic
high-tech android, a non-physical artifical intellegence program, etc. Consider the language
it would use, and how it would interact
with the world.

Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner with a robot.

In the right hand corner is
This isn’t to say we agree with
generative AI (f*ck that noise) but
robots in general are interesting subjects

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This #WritingPrompt is working. Pick a career that interests you, even if you aren't in that field IRL. Write a character that works that job. What does their day-to-day look like? What are some terms someone in that field would use? Make a little window into that field. #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Career Fair
There are a lot of interesting careers
out there. Reporter, Comedian, Programmer,
Actor, Detective, Artist, etc. Pick a career that
sounds interesting to you, and write a character
who has that career. Where are they on their
career journey? What’s their specialty?

Typey, our mascot in the corner with a brown briefcase.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This week's #writingprompt is inspired by the fact I got called into jury duty. It's a challenge, turning this mundane duty into something fun. Perhaps a fantasy twist and the courthouse is in another realm? Or take a turn into sci-fi and it's a crime that hasn't happened yet? #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Jury Duty
Since I have jury duty, how about we use
it as a prompt. Your character is summoned to
jury duty. It’s a lot of waiting around
so take this dull activity, and find a way to
make it interesting. A cast of wacky characters,
a courthouse in a weird place, etc.
Our mascot, Typey in the corner with a courtroom gavel

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt may require a bit of homework. Public domain is work that has expired copyright that anyone can use (though these laws vary by country, so check before trying to publish). Try telling the story in your own way. For public domain works, check out www.gutenberg.org

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Reworking Public Domain
Plenty of stories are retellings of old work
Find an old public domain work
(most works published before 1929,
in the U.S at least) and see if you can
tell your own version of the story.

a few public domains: The Canterbury Tales, The Great Gatsby, Little Women, the original Sherlock Holmes books, etc.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This week's #Writingprompt is about making decisions, or lack thereof. Write a monologue as a character who is struggling to make a decision. From marriage issues, to employment choices, whatever their conflict, make them mull it over, tortured by the choice, the consequences, the "what-ifs". #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - To Be or Not to Be
Write a monologue as a character
who is unsure of what to do. Perhaps
they are struggling with marital conflicts
or a business decision, or any other kind
of conflict they’re indecisive about.

Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner holding a skull Vegetales style no hands or arms visible.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Dear Reader, this week's #writingprompt is here! Let's start with a letter. Who is it from, who is it to, and what's it about? An invitation to a fancy gala full of secrets, or a love letter from a secret admirer, a creepy letter from a stalker. The possibilities are endless. #QueerWriters #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Letters
Start a story, or a poem with a character
getting a letter. What kind of
letter is it? Perhaps it’s a love letter
from a secret admirer? Or an invitation
to an exclusive event? Entirely up to
you. Just start with the letter
Our mascot, Typey, the cute cartoon typewriter in the corner, pulling out tap's mail from the mailbox.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This week's #writingprompt is super. We often see the big superpowers represented in stories and on the screen. But what about some of the unusual ones? Maybe they have domain over a specific material, or need to meet a condition to use said power. #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Unusual Powers
We’ve probably all seen the superhero
movies. Many have common powers
super strength, speed, flying.
Try to think of an unusual power and how
it could be useful in life.
Some power Ideas:
Manipulation of odd materials like paper, or strings
Being able to change the properties of things with a touch
Infinite storage, how they store items is up to you
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Confine your characters in this week's #writingprompt Some things to consider; why are your characters on that mode of transport? Do they know one another or is this the first time they are meeting? How do they move about the limited space? As always, good luck with writing. #queerwriters #Typey

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This #WritingPrompt proposes a radical change. Write in a genre you wouldn't normally. What are some conventions of this new genre you can explore? Remember, it's a newer genre for you, it's okay if the first draft isn't as great as when you write in your go-to genre, it's a new genre! #HappyWriting

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Genre Swap
Write a short story or a poem
that explores themes you don’t usually
tackle. If you tend to write romance,
try a gritty crime drama. If you
tend to write sci-fi dramas, try your
hand at fantasy comedy. Whatever
genre feels like the most opposite.
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Is this a #writingprompt? Yes it is. Who are these questions aimed at? What sort of implications do they create? Does the order of the questions matter? #Queerwriters #writing

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Questions?
Write a poem that’s a series of questions
Arrange these questions in an interesting way
Who are these questions asked to?
A relative? Yourself? The Universe?
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Many of our members are fiction writers, but this #WritingPrompt is more geared towards non-fiction. If you'd like to make a character to write from, that's fine too. What sort of sense memories come up, have they evolved over time? Are there memories hidden under the senses? #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Sense Memory
Write about some senses
(smell, sight, touch, hear, taste) from
your childhood. How have those likes and
dislikes changed over the years?
What new senses do you observe in
your present day?

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This week's #WritingPrompt from #Typey is about suddenly getting rich. How do you think your character will handle wealth? Start hoarding it, investing wisely, spending it all in a week, or something else entirely? As always, happy writing.

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Jackpot
Write about a character who
somehow wins big, via the lottery,
a slot machine, maybe a rich relative
passes and leaves them an estate, etc.
Does all that money change them?
Our mascot, Typey the cute cartoon typewriter in the corner beside a sack of cash.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

With New Years upon us, imagine what your life may look like at the end of 2026 after achieving every resolution you set for 2026. Think of this like a future non-fictional #writingprompt. Happy writing, and happy new year! 🎉

Writing Prompt Wednesday - New Years Resolved
Many people make resolutions, or goals
they want to achieve in the new year.
Imagine if you did achieve everything
on your resolution list. Write a scene, imagining
just that. What does end of the year 2026 you
look like?

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

With various holidays this time of year, what do you think holidays on another planet are like? This #WritingPrompt is about building a holiday for another planet. What sort of traditions do they have? Why are they celebrating? Once you figure out some of the answers, try writing a scene or two.

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Alien Holidays
With various Earth holidays happening this
time of the year, it makes you wonder,
what are holidays like on other planets?
What sort of histories and traditions
would this otherworldly holidays have?
Our mascot, Typey, a cute cartoon typewriter in the corner beside a green alien saying "Merry Plurbamas"

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Last week's prompt was all about dialogue, this week, the characters can't understand one another's dialogue. Write a scene where there's a language barrier. What is one character trying to communicate with the other? How urgent is the question? #WritingPrompt #Typey #WritersGroup

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Language Barrier
Write a scene where two, or more, characters
are trying to talk, but they don’t speak
the same language. How do they communicate?
Maybe they need directions and point at maps
and street signs, maybe it’s more urgent.
Get creative with their charades.

Typey, our adorable cartoon typewriter mascot, in the corner with a speech bubble that asks in formal Japanese "What are you saying?"

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This week's #WritingPrompt is chatty. We're talking all dialogue. Use as little scene description as possible to write a scene between two or more characters. #QueerWriters #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Oops! All Dialogue
Write a scene of mostly, if not all, dialogue.
Is it a phone call between two characters?
A heated conversation? A debate stage?
Find ways to convey characters through dialogue,
their own, or someone else’s.
Typey, our adorable typewriter mascot in the corner with a speech bubble that says Good luck, writers.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Sometimes projects can feel too big. Well, here's a really short #writingprompt you can probably do in just a few minutes. Write a haiku or senryu. Only 3 lines, 17 syllables. Look around you, what observation can you make about nature/animals or human experience in a quick poem? #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Haiku/Senryu
A haiku and senryu share the same
syllable pattern 5-7-5 in a short 3 line poem.
While haiku takes a more nature-focused contemplative
tone, senryu tend to focus on the human
experience with a more satirical tone.
Write a haiku and/or senryu.
Typey, our cute cartoon typewriter mascot in the corner.
A haiku at the bottom
Dog softly snoring / on the couch she calls her bed / Oh, to be a dog
-Alex Yamada

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

With the holidays approaching, many of us will be having dinner with our families, blood, and/or found. Consider writing a scene around a dinner. What kind of implied histories can you weave in through the night? #WritingPrompt #QueerWriters #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Family Dinner
Write a scene at a family dinner.
Family can be blood, or found.
Consider that many (or all) of these
characters have history, and what
sort of drama or comedic moment may emerge.
Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner beside a large turkey dinner.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today (November 20th) is Transgender Day Of Rememberance. Let's remember those we have lost, and strive for a better future. 🏳️‍⚧️

Today, we remember on Transgender day of Remembrance. We remember all the transgender people who are no longer with us, lost to hate violence, suicide, and the immense hardships of systemic oppression.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This day and age is full of social media and influencers. Write a character who is (or trying to be) an influencer of some kind. Question to consider: What sort of things do they do for their channel? Unboxing videos, food blogging, fashion, etc? #writingprompt #Typey #queerwriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - I'm an Influencer
This day and age is full of content creation.
Write a story where the main character
is some kind of internet influencer.
From foodbloggers, to fashion makers, decide
what style of videos they do, and what kind
of story they could be involved in.

Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner with a cellphone

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#WritingPrompt A lot of stories are about someone who is half-human, Blade the sorta-half-vampire who fights vampires, to the more recent, Rumi from #KpopDemonHunters. Write a main character who is half-human, half-something else entirely. Explore the implications and challenges that comes with.

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Half & Half
It’s not uncommon for a main character to be
half-human half-whatever monster they fight.
Rumi from Kpop DemonHunters is half-demon,
Blade is a (sort of) part-vampire vampire hunter,
and more. Write about a half-human, and
the nuances and complications that come with it
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This week's #WritingPrompt is...uh...I forgor Oh yeah, it's about amnesia! Write about a character who loses their memory, either parts of it, or all of it. Question to consider: How did they get amnesia? Who were they before? Who are they now? Do they even want their memories back?

Writing Prompt Wednesday -What's my name again?
From medical dramas, to soap operas,
the amnesiac character who has forgotten
huge chunks of their lives, or even everything
is a relatively common trope. Write a story about a character who wakes up one day, and has forgotten something, something small or huge.
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This spooky #WritingPrompt deals with dolls. A combination of cute and often creepy, dolls have been around for generations. Try writing a story that utilizes a doll. Either an old Victorian doll, or maybe even a modern plastic doll, plenty of options to choose from. #Typey #QueerWriters

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Valley of Dolls
Old porcelain dolls are often seen as creepy thanks to the Uncanny Valley, a phenomena in which something is almost recognized as a human face, but something is off, creating unease. Write a spooky story about
a doll.
Spooky Fact:
pediophobia aka glenophobia is
the fear of human-like toys
such as dolls or ventriloquist dummies
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

#WritingPrompt #Typey Another spooky prompt. This time, we're reanimating the dead. Does the reanimated person/animal retain their personality, or are they mindless trying to eat people? How do they become undead? And other things to consider.

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Spooky Semetery
Write a story about something/someone
dying and somehow coming back to life.
How do they reanimate?
How do they behave once reanimated?

Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner in front of an open coffin

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

#WritingPrompt Wednesday. While characters playing games may not seem like a spooky writing prompt, tons of shows/movies/stories take these games to the extreme, from Jigsaw kidnapping people to force them to play a deadly game, to participants desperate for money signing up for Squid Games, etc.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

With Halloween approaching, the #writingprompts shall get a bit spooky. Let's start a story in a graveyard. Why your characters are there is up to you. Maybe they're there for a funeral, visiting a late loved on, or some other reason.

Writing Prompt Wednesday
It was A Graveyard Smash
Start a story in a graveyard
There are many reasons for character(s)
to be in a graveyard; mourning a recent loss,
visiting an old loss, on a dare,
it’s a shortcut through town, etc.

our mascot, Typey, a cute cartoon typewriter, in the corner beside a tombstone.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Most stories are written in 1st or 3rd person. You should try out 2nd person. The only example, off the top of my head, is N.K Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, where one of the main characters is "you", i.e the reader themselves.

Writing Prompt Wednesday - You
Most stories are told in 1st or 3rd person
perspective. Rarely is the 2nd person used.
“You” will write a short story, or a poem
using the 2nd person perspective.

Our mascot, Typey, a cute cartoon typewriter. pointing a finger at the viewer

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#WritingPrompt #Typey Who doesn't love music? There are many ways to use music in a story (no you don't need to include all the lyrics, but establishing tone, with the beat can add to a scene). Is it club music in a dance party? Is it elevator music playing in a stuck elevator?

Writing Prompt Wednesday
Feel the Music

Tell a story that incorporates some music. Perhaps it's a story about a musician, a band, maybe even an ensemble cast of characters. Our mascot, Typey sitting at a grand piano in the corner.

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Often writers will have a character, a place, or a thing planned out, before they pick a name for it. This prompt flips that around, pick a name, then decide what sort of person/place/thing it is. No need to think super hard, first thoughts, no right or wrong. Write a story about it. #WritingPrompt

Writing Prompt Wednesday - In a Name
Here’s a list of names. Without thinking too
hard about it, pick one and write about it.
Whether it’s a person, place, thing.

Seraphina, Blackthorne, Shadoria, Zyphr
Elysium, Lyra, Quintran, Pylonia, Xi

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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Settings play an important part in any story. For this setting, pick a type of shop that will be the main (or only) setting for the story. Step 2, you can start crafting some characters that make sense in there. If they don't make sense in the shop, find a way to explain that. #WritingPrompt #Typey

Writing Prompt Wednesday - Shopping Spree
Tell a story of a character who works in
or owns a shop. What sort of shop could
be interesting to write about?
Perhaps a romcom within a funeral home
Or a drama in a beautiful flower shop?

Our mascot, Typey, in the corner in front of a cute little shop.

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