A note: I have tried to make this particular challenge full of more specific scenarios than the

ones in the past. My prediction is that this should make things extra interesting if multiple
people do each daily prompt. It will be fun to compare everyones pieces.
Day 1: Write about someone waiting at a bus stop. Where are they going? Are they alone?
Day 2: Write from the perspective of an animal.
Day 3: Write a story that takes place during an eclipse.
Day 4: Write about a character that is having a complete meltdown at an inopportune time.
Day 5: Write a story about someone who is taking a risk by walking through a bad
neighborhood or a dimly lit street. Why are they doing this?
Day 6: Write a story that is centered around time - i.e. someone is late for an appointment or
there is a clock in the room the story takes place in.
Day 7: Write about a strange method of transportation skateboarding while holding a rope
trailing behind a car, grabbing a bunch of balloons and taking off, riding an antique bicycle,
etc.
Day 8: Write a story that takes place in some sort of dressing room or antechamber where
someone is getting ready to go on stage or waiting to meet with someone else.
Day 9: Write about a character that has two sides to their personality (or two completely
different personalities).
Day 10: Write a story that takes place in a shower or bath.
Day 11: Write from the perspective of someone who is absolutely exhausted and can barely
stay awake.

Day 12: Write a story that takes place in a castle is it a historical site? An active castle in the
past?
Day 13: Write from the point of view of an inanimate object.
Day 14: Write about someone who is struggling with multiple tragedies in their life - i.e.
theyre already in mourning and another disaster occurs.
Day 15: Write a story about someone who reads something that they should not have read
(which results in them learning something that they shouldnt have known about).
Day 16: Write a story that involves a character running away from home and their daily
responsibilities.
Day 17: Write about a character that can breathe underwater. What do they do with this
power?
Day 18: Write about a world where there is no electricity. Is it set on Earth after a global
power failure? In the past? On another planet?
Day 19: Write the same scene twice once when it takes place during the day and a second
time when it takes place at night. How do the two scenes compare?
Day 20: Write a story with only digital or written dialogue all conversations are via text or
letters, etc.
Day 21: Write about two characters that are each others total opposite. How do they interact?
Day 22: Write about someone who is staring at their reflection in the mirror.
Day 23: Write a story that involves a hiking trip during which something very unexpected
happens.
Day 24: Write a story that either plays out in black and white or has at least one character that
only sees in black and white.
Day 25: Write about people who are trying to conjure or communicate with spirits.
Day 26: Write about an interruption something that disturbs people who are occupied with
something else at the moment the disturbance occurs.
Day 27: Write about a shapeshifter or metamorphmagus a character who can change their
appearance at will.
Day 28: Write a story in which a character is very sick with a contagious and dangerous
disease what do they do?
Day 29: Write a story that takes place in a gorgeous, mysterious, and enchanting garden.
Day 30: Write about what would happen on the last day of the world what would the
apocalypse be like?
Day 1: A subway
Day 2: A child who is lost
Day 3: A rose
Day 4: A spa
Day 5: Someone who is trying on clothes
Day 6: An airpot
Day 7: A cup of coffee
Day 8: A bed
Day 9: Someone crying all alone
Day 10: A concert
Day 11: A solar eclipse
Day 12: Some who is ordering takeout
Day 13: A farm on the countryside
Day 14: An icicle
Day 15: Someone who is really angry
Day 16: A hippo
Day 17: An elevator
Day 18: A ukelele
Day 19: Someone who is about to die
Day 20: A mall at night
Day 21: Bacon
Day 22: People kissing in the rain
Day 23: A polaroid camera
Day 24: A cave
Day 25: A recycling bin
Day 26: Someone who is skiing
Day 27: A gargoyle
Day 28: Someone who is dying their hair
Day 29: A thermal sweater
Day 30: A hot air balloon