list of prompts for cabin wars!! <3 you don't have to follow anything listed here, you can use it simply for inspiration!! - Prompts > Throw a dice and write a story about/that contains the number you get. > Make something a sentient being (ex. a rock talking and feeling.) > Describe an object but use first person. You are the object. > Write about someone using scratch to cheat on a test > If you have any stuffed animals, write a backstory for them!! Or dolls, figurines, lego characters... etc!! > Write a poem about something usually known to be silly and jokingly... but make it sound serious and mysterious!! > Write about someone misreading something important > Write about a person who has to eat their least favourite food because they are a guest and this is polite. No need to make them eat it by the way. > Write about fighting to be the first/lowest comment > Write about a recipe that includes a mythical animal (unicorn enchiladas, anyone?) > Write about a defenestration cabin > Write a story that includes other SWCers but with a twist: you have to include their names. For example, if you write about Mousey, you have to include a mouse in the story > The angry ghost of critiquitaire taking revenge > Pick a sad/serious book, movie, or show, and write something REALLY goofy off of it (ex. the hunger games, writing about katniss chomping a fence) > Write about a cult of speedrunners. > Write about blahaj and skog taking over the world, together or seperate > Write a persuasive essay on why a certain swc mascot is superior to the rest > Write about quantum physics becoming real in the macroscopic world (e.g. being able to go through walls, being in 2 places at the same time, a cat that is alive and not alive at the same time, etc) > Make things argue. Anything works. You can literally write about maths and history, the floor and the carpet or oxygen and nitrogen get mad at each other. > One character writes a random silly message bottle, another character receives it and interprets it as a divine message > Write about a haunted spreadsheet that starts grading people’s lives. > Make a weather phenomenon sentient (rain that cries, a tornado that gets dizzy). > Someone wakes up as their cabin mascot. Chaos ensues. > Research an extinct animal and write a fake “day in the life” as if it were still around. > Write a letter to your least favorite inanimate object. > The floor is actually alive and has opinions about everyone who steps on it. > A group of spoons start a rebellion against forks. > Someone finds a USB labeled “do not plug in.” Of course, they do. > Write about the first-ever underwater tea party. | Write a story entirely from the perspective of a Wi-Fi signal. >The moon sends Earth a breakup letter. > Write about a book that’s rewriting itself every time you blink. > Someone accidentally opens a portal by sneezing. > Write about your favorite snack like it’s a rare historical artifact. > Write about a bizarre sports rule that exists in real life, and invent a fake one to go with it. > Pick a random phobia and explain it as if it were a misunderstood creature.
- Nonfiction > Research an animal and write about it, try to include as many interesting facts as possible > Write about a hobby/sport!! Try to include some facts about its origin, how its performed/played/done, etc!! > Write about defenestration > Research an everyday object (like scissors or glue) and explain its dramatic history. - Quotes “Wave them back and eat your anchovies at last” “All my life I thought it’s impossible to squeeze a bicycle in a chimney. I was wrong.” "i could never have imagined a worse topping on my mashed potatoes." “Oh no! Not *dramatic pause* the expensive cheese sauce!!!” “I swear, if it’s that cheese sauce again“ “*stares at singular slice of pizza* but like. You thought the rest of it was fine” “yeah, this part just didn’t look good in my living room” “we had better ideas, this one just was the most popular for some reason” “hEY—“ “I voted for you!! I voted for you, really, I’m just saying, there were better ideas” “I swear, the toaster started it.” “If I’d known the pencils were plotting, I would’ve switched to pens.” “We only realized it was sentient when it asked for a raise.” “So, yeah. The sun exploded, but that wasn’t the weird part.” “I didn’t mean to summon a demon, I just wanted better Wi-Fi.” “Turns out, the cabin’s been haunted since Tuesday.” “No, ___, you can’t fix the existential dread with duct tape again.” “And that’s when I realized the soup was plotting something.” “I told you, the glitter is alive!” “We don’t talk about the incident with the rubber duck.” “Oh, that? That’s just Dave. He’s been haunting the fridge since last summer.” “This isn’t a disaster, it’s just a... collaborative mistake.” “Stop apologizing to the toaster, it doesn’t have feelings- wait, why is it glowing?” “It’s not a cult, it’s a highly organized fan club.” “I didn’t lose the map; it just entered another dimension.”
