Monthly Prompt Lists
Whenever it comes to monthly prompt lists, I struggle to commit. Especially if it's a list of prewritten prompts and I have to take it as is. It's ridiculous really, because I've no problems with writing myself a list of 28/30/31 prompts and then sticking to it while I create little stories for each prompt. I could attempt to self-psychoanalyse, but it's late so let's not.
Let's take it one step further. I've always wanted to do something like Kinktober, but again, I struggle to commit even though most prompt lists offer three choices per day and at least 1 or more writer's choice options. So, here my struggle is for slightly different reasons... Reasons, that, in my humble opinion, make even less sense to me: There's (usually) too much sex. It's not the kinks, no shade on any of those, it's just that my brain can't seem to (or want to?) commit to a whole month of being in the gutter. And it's this that's actually hilarious. Mainly, because I've written plenty of (very) raunchy fics. Like, I've not held back in any of them. But, and I guess, that's just it. None of my NSFW works were written over a period of 28/30/31 days with me writing an explicit fic a day.
I admire everyone who can do it and does it. Why? Because, regardless of the fact that Kinktober (for example) is basically 31 days of porn, what matters is that anyone taking part commits to writing something every day for a whole month. And that is pretty darn impressive. And awesome. And brilliant. And something to be proud of. Okay, now, that's quite enough praise. We're only 16 days into this spooky, cold month. I wouldn't want to give the impressions that any writers have already achieved their Kinktober goals. Unless, of course, they are very efficient and either started early or used all of their spare time to prewrite as much as possible.
In any case, I just spent the last hour or so pouring over a customised Kinktober list. For myself. Because I'm a special sorta dragon who likes to not stick to established rules but make my own. I'll blame the ADHD. Not necessarily because it's got anything to do with it, but just because I can. Don't question it. I don't. It only leads to rabbit holes.
So, without further ado, below is the list I made.
Turning it into a confused rainbow was accidental, tailoring it to focus on the psychology behind various power exchange dynamics and the trust that goes into such dynamics. The above list doesn't eliminate NSFW works from the equation, it just doesn't name any kink explicitly.
Kinktober is halfway done, but there is at least one more month with 31 left in 2025. Besides, while the confused rainbow contains 31 prompts, I conveniently didn't number any of them, so, really, I could take a whole year doing this. And honestly, beyond putting this list together, I made no actual plans. Now, that really is my ADHD at work. I just love jumping headfirst into a project without properly thinking about its size or the commitment it may demand. Those are always problems for another time and the very reason why I'm so good at procrastinating.
