This is a place where you can post plot ideas and writing prompts that you would like to share for others to use. This is also the place to drop fic requests!

What is a plot bunny? ‘Plot bunny’ is a funny fandom term for a fic idea – so called because they breed like rabbits! Since so many writers end up with a surplus of them, here is a place where you can drop off your unwanted plot bunnies for others to consider adopting, or simply for the sake of sharing. A plot bunny is generally a more developed idea and might well be fandom specific, although some Alternate Universe ideas could work for a few different fandoms.

For the purposes of this thread, a prompt is a short idea that could work in any fandom - for example, "your OTP wish on a shooting star together".

A fic request would be asking for someone to write a specific fic for you - sticking to the pairing and outline that you wish.

• Label – fic request, plot bunny, or writing prompt
• fandom(s) / or "no fandom" – this can include some fandoms you think it would work particularly well for if leaving a prompt!
• trope, character(s), ship (if any)
• a description of the idea – please try to keep this within a few hundred words max for ease of browsing
• NSFW ideas are allowed, but you must drop your description in a site such as Just Paste Me or ControlC and link to it rather than writing it directly in the thread. Please note that NSFW also encompasses gore or things likely to be serious triggers, such as suicide, not just sex.
• if leaving a prompt in the thread, please indicate whether you would like to be notified if anyone fulfils it

Be aware – once you post an idea in this thread for adoption, you lose ‘ownership’ of it. Someone else taking up the plot bunny is free to adapt or change it as they like. If you have a very specific vision of the story you would like to see fulfilled, you might have better luck posting it as a fic request. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from tackling the idea yourself at a later date if inspiration for the idea strikes you again!

Whilst the mods will be monitoring the thread, we will not be involving ourselves in discussions over fic requests or the like. There is no guarantee that anyone will take up your request, and we will not be chasing up authors who have been out of contact for a while or similar.

Don't forget to let someone know if you adopt their plot bun or decide to work on their fic request!

I am interested in understanding readers' perspectives on the ideal number of plots in a story. What is the maximum number of plots that can be effectively woven together without overwhelming the reader? Should a narrative focus on a single main plot, or can multiple plots - two or three, for instance - enhance the reading experience by providing complexity and suspense? As a writer, I often struggle with integrating multiple plots into a single narrative, hesitant to initiate multiple storylines that may confuse or frustrate readers. My fics generally cross over to multiple fandoms.

I... kinda started a popular fic. I am also a semi-popular artist that made a leap of faith and announced myself as the author a few chapters in because the fandom is generally chill and there is a lot of other artists that also write and it made me want to do the same. I figured people would connect the dots anyway, considering my headcanons. When I first made the announcement I felt at peace, but I I deeply, deeply regret it now because i'm so prone to anxiety. Just because the fandom is chill right now doesn't mean there’s not bullying and petty talk. I'm kind of aloof and don’t try to make friends, but I have still ended up with a few mutuals, and with a decently sized following I care about my reputation. I'm not on an alt either which makes things far worse in my mind. I wasn’t even supposed to be in the fandom I just kind of... ended up there anyway.

The fic is not really controversial or anything I guess, but it does explore some heavy topics. It is still technically small, but it is already on the front page for my ship. Don't even get me started on the number of bookmarks. The hits to kudos to bookmarks ratio activates my flight or fight response, it’s actually insane considering it has less than 10 chapters so far. I want to abort mission and delete delete delete but people have already made inspired works and made fanart (don’t get me wrong, I adore those!!!) and I don’t want to take away something they love.

It's even worse as I've actually become burnt out and I don’t even like where I'm taking the story anymore. I want to write something else or start over.

I thrive off the feeling of making someones day, but I despise the spotlight and having people talking about me. It's fine when it's just my art, and it's fine when it's just my writing, it’s the combo that freaks me out as it paints a more complete picture of me as a person. (And again, I'm not on an alt. My mom could look it up if she really wanted to.) I don’t really want to be a person on the internet I want to be the headcanon delivery driver lol.

I'm at a complete loss for what to do as I'm still in love with the source material. I want to write something for a slightly more controversial ship too. I want to draw for it too. On their own this would have been okay but again, it's the combo that freaks me out. I could do it for myself only of course, but it also saddens me that it would never see the light of day. I have an easily recognizable writing style so I wouldn't be comfortable posting it anonymously either.

I have been in fandom for a long, long time but I've never been this big before, I've also never liked the source material as much as I do before. I haven’t really made any friends but now I just wish I didn’t follow other people at all or never participated in any projects. I think I'm just deeply afraid of being percieved and whish I could go back to anonymity. Do I just... purge my account and make an alt, or what? Is it too late? I'm exclusively on tumblr (a few thousand followers) but with the same handle as my as my abandoned Instagram where people from art school and my relatives follow me. In hindsight I should have made an alt when entering a new fandom, but again, I didn’t actually plan on joining, it just happened. People have been reposting my art on other sites which I'm normally cool with, but arrgh my handle orz

Sorry this is probably more of a vent post than anything and it's probably more of an artist problem than a writer problem, but I'd be grateful for any advice from people dealing with similar situations. How do you handle the feeling?

No romance, no enemies to lovers bullshit. Just complete hatred. The mcs can be family members or former friends or former lovers, I dont care. Just the fic being about two people absolutely despising eachother and doing everything possible to hurt eachother as much as possible

I dont care what fandom it is. I just need fics like that

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A new month is upon us, which means a new month of reading and/or writing is ahead! What are your plans and goals for this month?

Have you got into any new fandoms recently? What kind of fics are you hoping to find for it? Do you have a oneshot that you’re trying to finish, a tricky chapter that’s been giving you pain, or a new fic to plan altogether?

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Got any other fanfic or writing related goals or any goals from last month which you hit the mark for? Tell us about them here!

Let us know if you want to be held accountable for your goals! Some people like a bit of friendly pressure, some people don’t, but I’m sure the folks here can provide gentle nudges if in need…

Here on Writing Weekends, share what you are going to write and are currently writing this weekend or if you're gonna take the weekend off.

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I had a fever dream and remembered this old fanfic about puss in boots saving kitty soft paws and her children from an abusive relationship with her ex husband and dulcinea was the teacher of the kids while puss kept the family safe at shrecks house. This whole fanfic came back to my head and I’ve looking everywhere for just to make sure I’m not crazy. It should’ve come out after 2015 because dulcinea was in it and the whole plot ignored puss first movie and giving him and kitty a new introduction it was a love story I remember there being a final sword fight between puss and kitty’s ex.

Does it mean only one chapter or is it like 1,000 words or less short story type of deal

So, i want to expand my writing by writing romance as my stories lean heavily to bromance i.e two working partners being as close as brothers.

Issue is that i'm most likely on the asexual spectrum so i don't know how things are suppose to 'feel' the only thing i can remember was a feeling of safety being what i craved.

I've had some relationships but not always been equal or have been traumatic interactions on dates.

Sooo how do i get into writing romance? Any tips to share?

Thanks all!

Hi, there! I recently started a new fic, and what I noticed was that the story flow wanted me to tell about the world via dialogues. I mean, instead of describing a lazy hot afternoon I started with the few sentences of the one of the MCs, speaking about how tired he was from his work. Also, the fic takes place at school, and instead of describing the building and stuff, I just made the MC look through the window and see the stadium. Is that weird?

I mean, for readers, because in this story I feel like dialogues are the main thing, and all the world building is going to be through them. Like, instead of telling in narrative about bullying I gave the situation where that bullying happened.

I can’t say that’s my usual thing, and most of the time I just write and never think about the style. But what about you? Do you do the same as a writer and how you feel about this as a reader? Thanks!

Hello! I'm trying to find a fic I loved several years ago but lost the bookmark for somewhere along the way.

The majority of the fic revolves around Spock and Kirk meeting as kids and having a lovely slow-burn relationship as they grow up. There is a period of time post-Tarsus where Kirk leaves to try and sort himself out, and then they get together again after a mission as they both end up on the Enterprise crew anyway.

I remember a few details such as Spock having a little sister, Spock taking 'karate' lessons and having Stonn?? as a longterm antagonist, and I think Kirk plays guitar and sings at one point when they're in their teens. The fic was completed when I read it and I remember it was relatively long and had double-digit chapters. If anyone has any recs for what this might be I'd really appreciate it!

Hi everyone, and welcome one and all to the Valentine's Day Prompt Challenge!

The goal is to write a short fic based on one or more of the theme prompts here. The fic can be but **does not need to be romantic** - it can be for a platonic relationship, for a single character, or any other dynamic you want to showcase. Feel free to interpret the prompts however you like.

If you want to share the fandom, pairing or character you're thinking of writing the fic about in the thread below, please go ahead! We also have the Brainstorming Bureau thread for this week if you want to throw around a few ideas with others.

**Minimum word count:** 200 words

**Maximum word count:** 6000 words

**Deadline:** February 22nd

* A posting thread will be provided a day before the deadline is up.

* Whenever you are done, post on or AO3 if you wish. You don't have to wait until the deadline.

* All participating fics will be collected in a showcase that'll be up for the rest of the month of February here on the sub.

* There will also be an AO3 collection to add your fics to!

* Although we still encourage you to get the fics finished by the deadline, and we’ll only be promoting the posting thread throughout the rest of the month, the thread will remain open for late submissions and so will the AO3 collection.

Without further ado, the prompts!

**Random One-Liner**

Comment here and one of the mods will give you a random one-liner. You can tweak the language but to consider the challenge fulfilled, the line should be central to your fic! Don't generate them for each other, please. Picks will come from me, or u/kitherarin. You'll get them within 24 hours of asking (so if you don’t get one after a day, it means I forgot or missed you somehow – feel free to poke me again!).

If the first one-liner doesn't work for you, you're welcome to 're-roll'. Depending on the number of responses, there are likely to be some double-ups.

**Flowers**

A fic centered on flowers, be it giving or receiving flowers, flower symbolism, or, well, just flowers for their own sake. Feel free to let your imagination run wild.

**Love letter**

Be it from a loved one far away, a secret admirer, or even your spouse of 20 years, love letters always tug at heartstrings. The fic can be a love letter in epistolary form, or center around a love letter.

**First Meetings**

Whether your character's Valentine's Day involves a meet-cute, a blind date, meeting a new colleague or taking a chance on a first chat/date with someone online, this is your chance to tease out all those first impressions, sparks and awkwardness involved in meeting someone for the first time.

Happy Writing!

I really enjoy writing but I haven't written a proper fanfic since maybe middle school? The current prompt I'm working out follows a plot of a ser*al k*ller who starts casually dating the medical examiner working his case (without each other knowing obvi). I feel like it could be really good but I was wondering if anyone had tips to writing mystery/thriller or just an idea on where this story should start? Anything helps, thanks :))

I'm writing my first fic and I'm trying to write the characters getting together before cannon but its just really hard for me to envision them like professing their love to agreeing to date eachother or whatever. Im just having a hard time coming up with ideas and I can't seem to find any good fics to get inspiration

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week's long profile exchange.

First, let's go over some rules:

1. You may submit by posting a link to your AO3, FFN, or Wattpad profiles. If you have accounts on more than one platform, feel free to post them all.
2. List the fandoms and genres that you write for, as well as basic information such as ship, rating, tropes you write a lot, etc. It is not necessary to list every fandom—just what you'd like to focus on for this exchange. Please also feel free to link specific stories that you'd like others to visit :)
3. Please spoil anything that is NSFW or potentially triggering.
4. Once you've submitted, you are required to read at least four different stories from four different authors—oneshots, stories or chapters of stories, or poems are all okay! You may read more than four if you wish, but you are not allowed to read more than one story by the same author. Please leave a review counter at the end of your submission comment (ex. "Fics reviewed: 2/4") so we can keep track of things!
5. Comments should be long and thoughtful—at least 50 words and 3 sentences. If you liked the story, tell the author why! Dive into what it made you feel and why; take the time to explain. Please do not submit short, single-sentence comments like "I like this!" or "Your story is great!" If you receive a comment like this, please inform me, and I will ask the commenter to revise their comment.
6. Concrit is opt-in by the author's request. Please also specify if you would like commenters to omit statements such as "Here from Reddit" or "Reading fandom-blind."

Submission deadline: 11:59pm EST (UTC -4:00) Monday, February 3

Review deadline: 11:59pm EST (UTC -4:00) Sunday, February 8

A final note: If you decide to participate in this exchange, please do not delete your submissions and ensure that you complete your reviews by the designated deadline. If you need an extension, please let me know, and we can work something out! If you won't be able to complete your reviews due to extenuating circumstances, please also let me know.

Now, happy reading and reviewing!

Hey, I'm Just looking for which murder drones fanfic are considered "the best" but I can't figure out how to search through it.

Thought I'd give this post a try.

I just broke 1k hits and 50 kudos on a CC/OC fic and I can’t really hype that up to my IRL friends so I’m doing it here! I even have a couple frequent commenters too. I feel very happy with the fic and I’m so grateful that people like it enough to engage!

Those numbers probably seem small but there are under 200 works for OC pairings with that character, so to me it feels like a great milestone!

What was your first big fic milestone?

I'm writing a Resident Evil Village yandere horror story with dark ‘romantic’ (if you could really call it that) elements and could use some inspiration. I'm looking for recommendations on stories that explore toxic relationships, obsessive lovers, stalkers, abusive dynamics, delusional or possessive characters, and the 'murdering the hypotenuse' trope. Since my story leans heavily into horror, the darker and more unsettling, the better. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

There's a prompt week happening for my main ship in a few months, and I really want to give it a go, but I've never been able to successfully complete one before. There are three sets of prompts, seven days for each, a SFW, NSFW and AU set. Can anyone who's done one of these successfully give any advice?

Or for those who aren't in college yet, what major are you planning to take? I'm trying to prove a theory.

I wouldn't normally make a post like this except that this is the second time I'm getting similar feedback that one character in my endgame couple is too mean and they're rooting for the other character in this enemies to lovers relationship.

So, this is enemies to lovers between two arrogant fifteen year olds. There's a lot of room for character growth and some readers have pointed out that this is what they like about the way I write them. This also matches up with their personality in canon. No one has been rude in the comments, but this is the second time someone has said they don't like how character A is mean, but they don't seem to acknowledge that character B is also mean (among other things).

I'm starting to wonder if I'm just not getting things across and it would be nice if someone had advice for that, but also like if I lay things out objectively this last chapter makes character A look pretty good compared to character B.

Character A

• teases character B for not eating or taking care of himself properly
• takes care of character B after he gets drunk and vomits on A (granted, he is super pissed off doing this but he does it)
• shows concern for character B after realizing he doesn't know his parents (this isn't over the top mushy but it is there)
• tries to reach out as friends to character B by sending social media request
• teases character B for not knowing how clean up after himself but basically acknowledges its fucked up no one taught him
• helps character B clean his disaster of a messy room

Character B

• somewhat forces character A to clean up after his mess (this is before they clean together)
• is unexpectedly polite to B's parents (this is out of character for him)
• gets trashed off 1 drink and vomits on A
• somewhat sexually harasses A (this is not the first time)
• follows B's parents around like a lost puppy (idk if this is good or bad but it's very cute imo)
• at the end it's revealed he killed someone in cold blood

Idk it's starting to make me unsure if I'm getting my points across correctly. In upcoming chapters a lot of character A's behaviors and attitude will be recontextualized and I'm hoping that's why people are having a somewhat difficult time liking him as a character. Because I get it he's somewhat of a jerk, his overall tone in the way I write him is harsher, edgier, but there's a reason for that. Also, they're both jerks - I love them but it must be said.

If anyone has any tips or assurance I could really use it right now.

I want to make a social media AU where there's a UI of a phone receiving notifications, like this meme, lol.

hey, I'm looking for recommendations for fanfics (any fandom) where the character/OC has a power similar to that of Subaru from reZero (basically he goes back in time whenever he dies), I think this premise is really cool, but I've never discovered any fanfics (or search tag) that has it

I have't updated my wip since May. I want to, but I feel lost. I feel bad because it's my most popular fic, and lack of idea's makes me so unmotivated. Whenever I try to write I end up staring at my google docs. I even tried writing on paper, and nothing. idk, i just feel so defeated.

There was a xenomorph fan fiction I used to read but then abruptly stopped back in 2021-2023 called “The Boy and the Queen” but now it’s GONE!!! If anyone has a copy of it or knows the author or something I HAVE TO FINSH READING IT!!! HELP ME!!!

My current story is based on an episodic fandom where the main cast is always the same but there's a bunch of other characters that show up only for one episode each. So minor OCs are common to the point of being expected.

One particular minor OC keeps popping up in scenes often enough that I went, "Ugh, I'm going to have to give you an actual character arc, aren't I?" I had every intention of this OC just being window dressing! But if they show up at the beginning and again in the middle and AGAIN at the end, they should probably have at least some minor growth and development.

It made me curious, what things have surprised you while plotting your stories?